association announced 80% of members have voted for a complete walk out, an unprecedented escalation of a summer of legal discontent with ministers. discontent overfunding ministers. discontent over funding for the ministers. discontent overfunding for the legal aid system that pays for the legal aid system that pays for most criminal cases. the row has had a huge impact already on the justice system. now it going to get worse. there have been 19 days of strike action so far, that s affected more than 6200 separate cases and delayed moo trials. now from the 5th of september there will be an indefinite strike. the government says its offer of 15% to barristers here at the old bailey and other courts is far more than other public sector pay deals. but barristers say it falls far short of the 25% needed to correct a decade of cuts and won t apply to existing cases. the upshot, the delay means to trials, criminals going to jail and victims waiting forjustice. it s taking at the moment 3.5
railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who ve already gone on strike in what s been called a summer of discontent while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. its a dispute that has been a decade in the making. criminal barristers saying they can t make a living any more and the government saying it has made a fair and generous offer. this morning the criminal bar association announced 80% of members have voted for a complete walk out, an unprecedented escalation of a summer of legal discontent with ministers. discontent over funding for the legal aid system that pays for most criminal cases. the row has had a huge impact already on the justice system. now it going to get worse. there have been 19 days of strike action so far, that s affected more than 6200 separate cases and delayed m00 trials. now from the 5th of september
have voted for a complete walk out, an unprecedented escalation of a summer of legal discontent with ministers. discontent over funding for the legal aid system that pays for most criminal cases. the row has had a huge impact already on the justice system. now it s going to get worse. there have been 19 days of strike action so far, that s affected more than 6200 separate cases and delayed 11100 trials. now from the 5th of september there will be an indefinite strike. the government says its offer of 15% to barristers here at the old bailey and other courts is far more than other public sector pay deals. but barristers say it falls far short of the 25% needed to correct a decade of cuts and won t apply to existing cases. the upshot, the delay means to trials, criminals going to jail and victims waiting forjustice.
up to date look at what the country can afford, what kind of head room varies in terms of the government s current finances. certainly the tax cuts she is planning rely on there being a certain amount of headroom within the government s finances. but i don t think her team are feeling particularly under pressure. they are leading in the polling in this leadership contest. the way i understand it is that as it stands she has no plans to announce any other detail about what financial support she may or may not offer if she were elected before that election result on the 5th of september. at the moment her team are remaining pretty tight lipped about this, only saying she has already announced tax cuts and she would suspend green levies on bills. i don t think we will hear a huge amount of more policy from them. they are essentially keeping their powder dry as the contest goes on another two weeks. i powder dry as the contest goes on another two weeks. another two weeks. i wells, thank o
that that would demonstrate, again, the depth of feeling. still, there has been no meeting and no face to face meeting. this, i m afraid, is a last resort. we ve shown that the strength of unifor rail workers, this is the only way of bringing the government to the table and saying, this is a serious issue and we want to discuss it and find a solution with you. but you need to work with us. so still no face to face meeting with thejustice secretary? no. and if he s listening to this, what do you say? please come and speak to us. there is a way forward here. we are genuinely trying to represent and look after the most vulnerable people in society. we are a fundamental part of a civilised society and we simply ask that we are paid to reflect that you can talk to us. what would it take to stop this escalation of industrial action happening on the 5th of september? i don t think i can speakfor everyone. but for example, dominique touched upon the issue of the 15% pay increase, which will st