A cap on court sitting days is to be lifted as the government seeks to ease the cases backlog, David Lammy has announced.
The justice secretary and deputy prime minister said every crown court in England and Wales would be funded to hear more cases in the next financial year.
Criminal barristers welcomed the move, which followed discussions with the lady chief justice, Sue Carr, as significant.
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