The Fourth Emergency Service.
As ministers face the difficult prospect of budget cuts due to rising borrowing costs,
may I make an impassioned plea: Please exclude our fourth emergency service,
the justice system, from these cuts.
What is needed is increased financing into the justice system, not less.
A justice system in neglect, record backlogs, overcrowded prisons, children waiting too long for
the courts to decide where they should live. Victims, witnesses, and defendants waiting years for their day in court.
Tribunals limping along, overworked staff, and dilapidated courts. Any one of us can find ourselves caught up
in the justice system. The consequences of our broken, dysfunctional justice system are profound and life-changing,
undermining public confidence and exacerbating societal inequalities.
These challenges highlight the urgent need for a comprehensive reform of the justice system.
Those navigating the complexities of justice deserve to do so with dignity, grounded in our revered principles of equality and fairness.
The law provides solutions that change people’s lives, a cross-pollination of thoughts and ideas, a gateway to equality.
However, in order to grow our economy amidst the many geopolitical moving parts, we must have a real new long-term
settlement for our justice system, the fourth emergency service, a holistic approach—not a piecemeal approach—and a churn of
reviews that only addresses part of the issues and definitely not fewer resources.
As a nation we pride ourselves on our adherence to the rule of law, but make no mistake: when public confidence drains away
and people no longer look to the justice system to vindicate their rights, the unintended, unfair consequences are far-reaching and long-lasting.
email: stephanie@istephanieboyce.com. Thank you.
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