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  • Law Society slams Labour’s ‘crude’ stealth tax on legal clients

    Legal

    The Law Society issued a blistering response to the government’s proposal to take the interest law firms earn on money sitting in their client accounts, branding it a “fundamentally flawed” sector-specific tax that threatens the stability of the wider UK legal economy. Last month, the Ministry of Justice opened a consultation on a proposal to [...]

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  • Lib Dems: Starmer has gone ‘cap in hand’ to China despite spy threats

    Politics

    Keir Starmer has been accused of going “cap in hand” to China, piling further criticism on the government’s trade ambitions with a country that has backed hacking operations against the UK.  Liberal Democrats deputy leader Daisy Cooper demanded deputy prime minister David Lammy, who stood in for Starmer at PMQs, to name a “single consequence” [...]

    Daisy Cooper speaking at a news conference podium, addressing current political issues and policy updates.
  • Legal accounts controversy: Who should fund the broken justice system?

    Legal

    First, the government tried to go after the LLPs, but that failed. Now its eyes are on law firms’ client accounts under the narrative that it will be used to help the crumbling justice system, but lawyers are seeing it as just another tax raid. Law firms earn substantial income from interest on client accounts, [...]

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  • Scrapping jury trials will only have ‘modest’ impact on backlog

    January 22, 2026

    David Lammy’s controversial plan to restrict jury trials will unlock only “relatively modest reductions in demand given the scale of institutional upheaval”, according to a new report by the Institute for Government (IFG). The government’s plans, which leaked in November, revealed a move to scrap some jury trials to tackle the nearly 80,000 criminal case [...]

  • David Lammy’s plan to seize law firm interest sparks outrage

    January 20, 2026

    Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy was accused of a “brazen attempt” to “confiscate law firms’ cash” after the government revealed plans to take the interest law firms earn on money sitting in their client accounts. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice opened a consultation on a proposal to introduce an Interest on [...]

  • City pushes back against closer ties with EU

    January 9, 2026

    Keir Starmer’s plan to foster closer economic ties with the European Union is likely to exclude financial services after senior City figures pushed back against the reintroduction of EU regulations. The prime minister has called for “closer ties” with the EU in a bid to boost economic growth, with senior cabinet members including justice secretary [...]

  • Scathing report blames MoJ for wasting public funds and failing justice system

    January 7, 2026

    A new scathing Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) revealed that a cyberattack last year at the Legal Aid Agency gave hackers access to sensitive providers’ and data for four months. There was a cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency last year that took the services offline for some time [...]

  • Tears, scandal, c*ck-ups and conspiracy: Westminster’s worst moments of 2025

    December 23, 2025

    Westminster never disappoints.  When Keir Starmer came into Downing Street, he promised that politics would “tread more lightly” on the lives of everyday people.  He was likely referring to the farce of Partygate, leadership battles and political blunders under successive Tory governments.  But Labour have got caught up in less than pleasant situations of their [...]

  • UK legal sector books double-digit revenue growth in 2024

    December 9, 2025

    Total revenue from legal activities in the UK reached a record £52.3bn in 2024, up 11 per cent from 2023, according to a new report by TheCityUK, published in partnership with Barclays. The UK boasts the world’s second-largest legal services market, trailing only the US, thanks to the dominance of English common law. Overall, the [...]

  • Government puts anti-corruption spotlight on ‘corrupt lawyers, bankers, and accountants’

    December 9, 2025

    The UK government launched a new anti-corruption strategy targeting “professional enablers”, such as “corrupt lawyers, accountants and bankers” who help dirty money flow. It is estimated that over £100bn is laundered through the UK every year by the National Crime Agency (NCA). The corruption has also affected British businesses, which have faced 117,000 bribe offers [...]

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