likely see and it could be quite promising, but that north easterly breeze will continue to push in some cloud off the north sea and a few scattered showers come running down to east anglia. cool, 13 or 1a but up to east anglia. cool, 13 or 1a but up to the west 17 or 18 the tip the start of the week and looks a bit more promising, that high pressure continues to build, dry, settled and sunny and there could be more showers, i m afraid, on sunday. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. and what does that tell us about the state of the criminaljustice system in england and wales under the party that claims to be the one of law and order? tonight, exclusive figures reveal h
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according to the government, there are currently more than 62,500 outstanding crown court cases in england and wales. ministers have a target of cutting that backlog to 53,000 by early 2025, but there is no target for how long it should take for a trial to finish. well, yes, thejustice committee have looked at this on a number of occasions, and we found it s been underinvestment for decades. for example, i ve been to courts where there are still the same maintenance issues that i found when i was a barrister in practice in 2008. they still haven t been fixed. and we re not talking about big sums. we re talking about less than 1% of public expenditure, well under 1% goes on criminaljustice. it s a fraction of a fraction that s involved here. and that s a minor sum to put into the pot to rectify what ought to be a world class system. the ministry ofjustice told newsnight:
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