Chief justice criticises plans to recruit 150 judges to deal with asylum cases
by Rajeev Syal and Haroon Siddique from World news | The Guardian on (#6HX2Q)
Most senior judge in England and Wales says government plans draw matters of judicial responsibility into the political arena'
The most senior judge in England and Wales has criticised plans to recruit and train 150 judges to help implement Rishi Sunak's Rwanda deportation policy.
The lady chief justice, Dame Sue Carr, said decisions on how judges were deployed should be exclusively a matter for the judiciary", adding that plans outlined by the government drew matters of judicial responsibility into the political arena".
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