Ministers accused of overseeing ‘recklessly underfunded’ criminal justice system, with industrial action to step up on 5 September
Ministers have been accused of overseeing a “recklessly underfunded” criminal justice system after barristers inMembers of the Criminal Bar Association , who have been stopping work on alternate weeks since June, voted for an uninterrupted strike that would start on 5 September, a spokesperson confirmed.
Ministers have described the result as an “irresponsible decision”. However, the vote will pile further pressure on the government, which faces escalating industrial actionReacting to the decision, the victims’ commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, said the strike was the “latest symptom of a criminal justice system that is severely and recklessly underfunded. And it is victims who are ultimately paying the price and will continue to suffer the longer this goes on.
The ballot of barristers closed at midnight on Sunday and the result was announced on Monday morning. The association said 79.5% of barristers who voted supported the move to a full-time strike over legal aid rates, which they said had in effect been cut by 28% over the past decade.being adjourned, while others could collapse entirely.
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