The British College of Criminal Division announced in a statement that “about 80 per cent of its members went on strike yesterday and will continue for 14 days over the next month” demanding higher wages and better working conditions.

In turn, Vice President of the Criminal Lawyers Association Kirsty Primlow, in a radio interview, indicated that “the government’s proposed 15 percent wage increase will not occur until the end of next year,” emphasizing that “it comes too late and will not be enough to stop wave of young lawyers leaving the profession.

For his part, UK Attorney General Dominic Raab described the strikes as “unsuccessful”, pointing out that they would “only delay justice for the victims”.

Notably, the strike by the British Criminal Lawyers’ Association is due to the government’s repeated cuts to the legal aid budget, as well as cuts to their salaries, prompting many of them to leave the profession, and some of them have gone on vigil today in front of more large courts such as as the “Old Bailey”, the oldest courts in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol.

It is worth noting that the British government undertakes to pay lawyers’ fees to obtain legal assistance in cases where suspects cannot pay legal representatives’ fees.

There has been an unprecedented wave of labor protests in Britain recently for better wages and working conditions, as some 40,000 rail workers declared their strike last week the biggest rail strike in three decades, and teachers are also taking notice of NHS staff. the opportunity to strike amid high inflation and weak wage growth, and British Airways employees announced their intention to strike this summer season.