UK jury trial curbs scrapped as Burnham reshapes justice agenda

Andy Burnham's government has abandoned the plan to restrict access to jury trials, the signature justice policy David Lammy announced when he was justice secretary. The reversal came the same week that Burnham faced pressure over his social care funding plans, with papers warning of a tax rise to cover the costs, and the Conservatives used their annual conference to unveil a £700 million childcare expansion targeted at high earners. The cluster of policy pivots and new spending pledges sketches the early shape of a Burnham administration still finding its footing on domestic priorities.