Overview

• Speaking in Manchester, the shadow justice secretary claimed his team had identified more than 30 judges with links to migrant charities or pro‑open‑border posts.
• He proposed powers to remove judges who campaign on open borders, a judicial register of interests, scrapping the Sentencing Council, and shifting appointments from the JAC back to ministers.
• During the speech he brandished a judge’s wig and attacked Attorney General Lord Hermer as a “mafia lawyer” and a “useful idiot.”
• Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption and Justice Secretary David Lammy warned the proposals threaten judicial independence, and Labour condemned the personal attacks.
• The CPS said it will appeal the decision to drop a terrorism charge in the Kneecap case, and Lord Hermer urged Jenrick to avoid comments that could prejudice proceedings.