Conservatism Inaction - Court backlogs grow again as government do nothing

[Tommy Tainant]

HMCTS management information - July 2023

The management information we use to understand workload volumes and timeliness at a national level.

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The backlog of cases in crown courts reached a record figure of 64,105 in July, up from 59,361. After the focus on prison funding and staffing cuts in the wake of the escape of Daniel Khalife last week, the backlog figures, published today, bring renewed focus on the criminal justice system.

Lubna Shuja, the Law Society of England and Wales president, said:

The terrible backlogs in our criminal courts continue to spiral out of control. Outstanding cases in the crown court have risen by more than 4,000 in a year, and the magistrates’ court backlog by more than 15,000 in the same period.

The fact that the backlogs continue to get worse, not better, is very alarming. Even the government’s own unambitious target of reducing the crown court backlog to 53,000 by March 2025 now looks like wishful thinking.

The figures demonstrate another year of failure in tackling the backlogs. Efforts to tackle crime and keep communities safe will fail if these backlogs aren’t addressed.

This is conservatism in action. They have now nearly replaced all the police officers they got rid of. But what is the point when the people they arrest cannot get in front of a Judge.

Meanwhile the fascist Home Secretary has criminalised "protesting loudly" and added posession of laughing gas as a 2 year jail sentence. she has also ordered the police to investigate every crime.

Who is she kidding.

Nothing works in Conservative Britain.

 

[marvin martian]

HMCTS management information - July 2023

The management information we use to understand workload volumes and timeliness at a national level.

www.gov.uk

The backlog of cases in crown courts reached a record figure of 64,105 in July, up from 59,361. After the focus on prison funding and staffing cuts in the wake of the escape of Daniel Khalife last week, the backlog figures, published today, bring renewed focus on the criminal justice system.

Lubna Shuja, the Law Society of England and Wales president, said:

The terrible backlogs in our criminal courts continue to spiral out of control. Outstanding cases in the crown court have risen by more than 4,000 in a year, and the magistrates’ court backlog by more than 15,000 in the same period.

The fact that the backlogs continue to get worse, not better, is very alarming. Even the government’s own unambitious target of reducing the crown court backlog to 53,000 by March 2025 now looks like wishful thinking.

The figures demonstrate another year of failure in tackling the backlogs. Efforts to tackle crime and keep communities safe will fail if these backlogs aren’t addressed.

This is conservatism in action. They have now nearly replaced all the police officers they got rid of. But what is the point when the people they arrest cannot get in front of a Judge.

Meanwhile the fascist Home Secretary has criminalised "protesting loudly" and added posession of laughing gas as a 2 year jail sentence. she has also ordered the police to investigate every crime.

Who is she kidding.

Nothing works in Conservative Britain.

You're in a big hurry to lock up all those black and brown people, aren't you, Tommy?

 

[luiza]

That is what happens when you lose so many people as a result of Killer Jabs . Saw another instance a few days ago on my flight to Romania . The very late departure was blamed on “congestion” which is descriptive and not explanatory . The pilot then amplified when he commented on a lack of baggage staff and ground crew workers . So what caused that ? In part caused by low IQ people who got jabbed and have no idea “why” , other than following Fake News . Now they are dead or suffering Long COVID symptoms such as , “ Don’t know what I am talking about , but so what “, syndrome . The Turdys of this world .

 

[Ringo]

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