Conservatives could scrap or reduce inheritance tax
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has indicated the party could commit to scrapping or reducing inheritance tax if it was to be elected in an interview with The Times. Ahead of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham this week, Badenoch said scrapping inheritance tax would be “morally right” but any commitments would have to be […]
Barristers would not recommend ‘retraumatising’ courts system
Underfunding and the ‘dismal’ state of the courts system and physical infrastructure are two key issues identified by barristers in research which shows three quarters of the profession do not think that people are able to access justice at an acceptable level in England and Wales in 2026. Some barristers have so little confidence in […]
Lord Chancellor, Attorney General and Solicitor General sworn in at Royal Courts of Justice
Former Minister of State at the Home Office Alex Norris MP has been sworn in as Lord Chancellor in a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice. Norris was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in July. He was formally sworn in on the first day of the new legal year,1st October. […]