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PoliticsMoJ Withdraws Bench Division Plan Leaving 80,829 Crown Cases in Backlog Ahead of Leveson Response
Justice Secretary Alex Norris has scrapped plans for a Crown Court bench division that would have tried many either-way offences without juries, leaving 80,829 outstanding cases and faster magistrates reforms as the government's backlog strategy.
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BusinessHealey Convenes NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds CEOs at No. 11 to Head Off Pre-Budget City Exodus
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OpinionEditorial: City Bonus Pools Shrink When Windfall Levies Ignore Relocation Elasticity
HealthUKHSA Sentinel Network Flags Rising Rhinovirus Positivity in Midlands ICUs
SportsChelsea Women Travel to Leigh Sports Village for WSL Clash With Manchester United on Sunday
EntertainmentBBC Radio 1 Big Weekend Replay Lands on iPlayer After Manchester Ticket Sellout
ScienceDurham Cosmology Group Publishes Dark-Energy Drift Estimate Using Vera Rubin Commissioning Data
TechnologyTalkTalk Wholesale Creditors Hire Lazard as BT Due-Diligence Team Tours Bracknell Campus
Credit CardsNewDay Aqua Card Halts Physical Welcome Packs in Favour of App-Only Borrowing Caps for Graduates
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