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 years for a rape case to come to trial. that means 15%, we don t get paid until the case is concluded. that s15% if i am lucky by the end of 2024, by which time i m already looking at 10% of inflation now but i don t think it s unfair to say we would simply like this 15% to apply to all cases. we are willing to talk to government about this but please come to the room, don tjust do this by the way of press releases and e mails. dominic raab, thejustice secretary here on the left, will not meet barristers to negotiate. ministers say today s vote is irresponsible and unjustified. judges too are alarmed but some also privately sympathetic. barristers predict that unless more cash is injected into criminaljustice, more and more young lawyers
for the students, who, let s remember are falling behind in the queue through no fault of their own. do you know why pearson are not telling people what the number is? no, i spoke with them on saturday and i was fobbed off with things like, numbers are changing all the time of the numbers are falling. but they are refusing to actually say and they have refused to say ever since thursday when the results originally were supposed to come out. the government have also refused to say, the education secretary has said nothing on this on saturday and we need some leadership from the government and we need some honesty from the exam board and it is notjust pearson, ocr board and it is notjust pearson, 0cr exam board have similar problems. ocr exam board have similar problems- ocr exam board have similar roblems. ., ., ., . , problems. what would your advice be to students who problems. what would your advice be to students who are problems. what would your advice be to students who are w
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 years for a rape case to come to trial. that means 15%, we don t get paid until the case is concluded. that s15% if i am lucky by the end of 2024, by which time i m already looking at 10% of inflation now but i don t think it s unfair to say we would simply like this 15% to apply to all cases. we are willing to talk to government about this but please come to the room, don tjust do this by the way of press releases and e mails. dominic raab, thejustice secretary here on the left, will not meet barristers to negotiate.
he was told that he should appear again at southwark crown court in september. some students across england and wales are still waiting for their btec grades, five days after they were due to be released. the exam board pearson, who are responsible for the grades, have apologised. they added that only a small number of students are affected by the delay. let s talk now to the labour mp toby perkins, the shadow minister for skills and further education. toby perkins, the shadow minister have toby perkins, the shadow minister you had studen with have you had students get in touch with you to say they are still waiting? with you to say they are still waitin: ? ~ ., with you to say they are still waitin: ? ~ . , ., , , waiting? we have several students directl aet waiting? we have several students directly get in waiting? we have several students directly get in touch waiting? we have several students directly get in touch but waiting? we have several students directly get in touch
cases. the upshot, the delay means to trials, criminals going to jail and victims waiting forjustice. it s taking at the moment 3.5 years for a rape case to come to trial. that means 15%, we don t get paid until the case is concluded. that s15% if i am lucky by the end of 2024, by which time i m already looking at 10% of inflation now but i don t think it s unfair to say we would simply like this 15% to apply to all cases. we are willing to talk to government about this but please come to the room, don tjust do this by the way of press releases and e mails. dominic raab, thejustice secretary here on the left, will not meet barristers to negotiate. ministers say today s vote is irresponsible and unjustified. judges too are alarmed but some also privately is a pathetic. privately sympathetic. barristers predict that unless more cash is injected into criminaljustice, more and more young lawyers will switch