Analysis by the Free Speech Union found juries are twice as likely to acquit a defendant on speech crimes than magistrates ...

Labour has forced its jury trial plan through the Commons for now, but the battle is nowhere near over. The threatened rebellion did not take place – and that’s because the Committee stage still lies ...

Charlotte Nichols revealed her rape ordeal during debate on the Courts and Tribunals Bill as MPs clashed over reforms aimed at reducing court backlogs in the UK justice system.

A Labour MP has spoken publicly for the first time about being raped as she accused Justice Secretary David Lammy of using ...

Charlotte Nichols said that the attack while she was an MP had caused PTSD and led to her being sectioned for her own protection.

WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has revealed to fellow MPs that she was raped. The Labour MP accused Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy of using victims as a ‘cudgel’ to drive through reforms to ...

The safeguarding minister said she 100 per cent supports the government’s court reforms, as plans to curb jury trials passed ...

A Warrington MP has said she was raped at a work event. Labour's Charlotte Nichols hit out at plans by Justice Secretary David Lammy to limit jury trials to cases with a likely sentence of three years ...

A Cheshire MP has spoken publicly for the first time about being raped. The Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols says she ...

The Courts and Tribunals Bill includes plans to limit jury trials to cases with a likely sentence of three years or more ...

David Lammy’s reforms of the courts system have been supported by MPs at their first Commons hurdle, despite accusations from ...

A Labour MP has accused David Lammy of using victims as a “cudgel” to drive through reforms to the courts system, as she spoke of her own experience of being raped. Charlotte Nichols, who has not ...