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Lawyers and probation officers across England and Wales went on strike yesterday to fight the Tories’ bid to privatise the justice system.
Around 200 people mounted a picket line outside central London’s Westminster magistrates’ court before heading to a bigger demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice headquarters.
Up to 14,000 probation officers and lawyers are holding a joint two-day strike against ideologically driven plans to privatise 70 per cent of the probation service alongside savage legal aid cuts.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
