David Lammy set to unveil major reforms to UK justice system this week
Criminal justice reforms would reserve juries for the most serious crimes, shifting lesser offences to judge-only hearings to tackle crown court backlogs.
Labour's plan to slash jury trials at odds with past Starmer calls to expand them
The government plans to limit jury trials to serious offences, while Keir Starmer previously advocated extending jury trials to many magistrates' cases.
