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Today, Adam and Chris speak to the deputy prime minister David Lammy about his justice reforms.

He acknowledged the court backlog will continue to rise and may be at the same level as it is today at the next general election despite the government鈥檚 planned reforms.

He also said that Labour would be 鈥渙ut on their bums鈥� if they haven鈥檛 delivered the change the public want by the time of the next election.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris. The social producers were Joe Wilkinson and Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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