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More spent on coffee per year than justice system, says report

Justice and law and order is the smallest of any Whitehall budget and receives less funding than any other European country, according to a report published today (16 July) by the Bar Council.

Date - 17th July 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

The Bar Council blames “massive cuts” to the justice budget by consecutive governments since 2010, and calculated that overall funding for the justice system has declined by 29 per cent. The report, Small Change for Justice, was...

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