The Guardian view on Dominic Raab’s courts plan: making a bad situation worse | Editorial

The lord chancellor has not found the money to rescue the criminal justice systemJustice delayed, they say, is justice denied. After a decade of underfunding and two years of the pandemic, courts in England and Wales are grinding to a halt. Dominic Raab, the lord chancellor, thinks there’s no quick fix for the criminal legal aid sector. Mr Raab claimed instead that he would take his time to get things right. The evidence suggests that he is getting things wrong.The backlog in crown courts,