Conservatives claim ‘major victory’ as Tory conference begins after Labour scraps plans to curb jury trials – UK politics live
The Conservative Party has begun its annual conference in Birmingham, with leader Kemi Badenoch framing the event as a display of unity and strength. This timing coincides with a significant policy reversal by the Labour government, which abandoned plans to restrict access to jury trials in England and Wales following public outcry. While the Conservatives claim this U-turn as a major victory for their opposition stance, they continue to face challenges with polling figures that remain below their previous election results.
- ▪Labour has scrapped most of its plans to curb jury trials in England and Wales after facing significant backlash.
- ▪Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch stated that the party conference aims to show the country a strong and cohesive team.
- ▪The Conservative Party is currently polling at 19%, which is lower than the 24.4% they received in the last general election.
- ▪Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy criticized the Labour U-turn as insufficient, arguing that the government is still restricting juries by increasing the caseload of magistrates.
- ▪The Green Party is debating a controversial motion stating that 'Zionism is racism' on the final day of its conference in Brighton.
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- ▪ Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials — BBC News — UK
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10m ago03.22 EDTConservatives claim ‘major victory’ as Tory conference begins after Labour scraps plans to curb jury trialsGood morning. Anthony Seldon recently published the latest in his long and invaluable series of inside stories of premierships, Sunak at 10, and he gave it the subtitle “The last Conservative prime minister?” When the book was being planned in the early days of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the Conservative party, it did look as though the Tories might be finished as a party of government. But now Seldon, and his co-author Tom Egerton, aren’t so sure.
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