One of the leaders of the union which has taken barristers in England and Wales out on strike has said the “money is there” for the government to solve the dispute and end the strike.
The Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, has said barristers will receive a 15 percent pay rise for legally aided work from the end of September.
But the vice-chairwoman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), Kirsty Brimelow QC, said that offer “doesn’t go near” resolving the dispute, which has paralysed criminal courts around England and Wales for a second week.
Brimelow told Sky News: “The government actually isn’t offering 15 percent. What it’s offering is 15 percent which will reach barristers in around a year or two years’ time, because the increase would relate to new cases only.”…