Rule of law needs funding
Reducing investment would be false economy, top judge warns ministers
With the government spending review nearing its conclusion and the autumn budget little more than two weeks away, the lord chief justice of England and Wales has reminded the chancellor Rishi Sunak that the “courts are not a service like any other”.
As Lord Burnett of Maldon explained, the courts “do not exist simply to provide a s…
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