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| Criminal barristers vote to end strike over pay | Criminal barristers vote to end strike over pay |
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| Barristers held a number of demonstrations outside courts in recent months to highlight their claims | |
| Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end their long-running strike action after the government offered a new pay deal. | Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end their long-running strike action after the government offered a new pay deal. |
| A total of 57% of barristers voted in a ballot to accept a 15% pay rise, the Criminal Bar Association said. | A total of 57% of barristers voted in a ballot to accept a 15% pay rise, the Criminal Bar Association said. |
| The decision means that crown courts will begin hearing cases as normal from Tuesday. | The decision means that crown courts will begin hearing cases as normal from Tuesday. |
| Hundreds of trials have been delayed during the action. It is not clear how quickly the backlog can be reduced. | Hundreds of trials have been delayed during the action. It is not clear how quickly the backlog can be reduced. |
| The barristers had been offered a package of measures by new Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis which went much further than what had been put on the table by his predecessor, Dominic Raab. | |
| The deal included an immediate 15% rise in fees for government-funded defence work - an independent recommendation first made to ministers almost a year ago. There was also a promise that this would apply to 60,000 cases in the unprecedented national backlog. | |
| Mr Lewis also offered additional payments for a range of court preparation work that barristers said they were not being properly paid for. | |
| Barristers, who originally requested a 25% pay rise, said criminal justice was falling apart because of a chronic lack of funding, arguing that ministers had to invest far more cash in order to cut the record delays to trials. |