Crime and punishment: how 14 years of Tory rule has changed Britain

The coronavirus pandemic had a huge effect on the justice system, but what else can the data show us?

“Justice delayed is justice denied” goes the old legal maxim – one that has captured the state of the court system in England and Wales in recent years.

The backlogs caused by the coronavirus pandemic are only one of the ways in which the justice and policing system has changed over the last 14 years – from cuts to legal aid and policing, to a more positive story on crime levels, much has changed since 2010.

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