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THE Tories’ judicial reform proposals are part of a bid to make the government “untouchable,” civil rights campaigners have warned.
The new Judicial Review and Courts Bill, introduced to Parliament today, could make it more difficult for ordinary people to hold the government to account, campaigners and lawyers say.
Full details of the Bill are yet to be published, but measures revealed so far include limiting the scope of judicial reviews and allowing the High Court to suspend the effects of quashing orders and limit their retrospective effects.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury