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Covid has undermined UK’s chronically under-funded justice system
Analysis: coronavirus has exacerbated the crisis facing courts but political consensus on the way forward remains elusive
The pandemic has intensified the problems in England and Wales’ chronically under-funded justice system. Over the past decade the Ministry of Justice has suffered deeper cuts than any other Whitehall department – losing around 40% of its budget.
Even the lord chief justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, has spoken out about the “dilapidated” state of the courts. Minor funding compensations followed.
Read the original article at The Guardian