https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/04/ministers-drop-radical-plans-cut-jury-trials-outcry-lawyers-centuries-old-right-courts. This is excellent news! The plans were a disgusting #attack on our #civilrights, & ought never to have been proposed in the first place. The remedy for the backlog in the #criminal #courts is more #money & #resources for them, not attempts to deprive #defendants of their #rights!