Keir Starmer and David Lammy believe “ordinary people are too stupid” to sit on juries and oversee justice, Robert Jenrick has warned.

Justice Secretary Mr Lammy told MPs judges will decide guilt in cases "with a likely sentence of three years or less" in new so-called "Swift Courts".

But Mr Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, warned the bombshell proposals are “the beginning of the end for jury trials”, adding that the controversial plans “won’t even guarantee the backlog falls”.

It comes as Labour MPs vowed to rebel and try and block the legislation.

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