I may quit and make Starmer fight a by-election over jury plans, warns Labour MP

Justice Secretary David Lammy, who announced the plans last month, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP)

A Labour MP has warned Keir Starmer he could force a tricky by-election in his seat to show how serious he is about fighting the government’s plans to cut the use of juries.

Karl Turner, the MP for Kingston-Upon-Hull East, is one of the most vocal critics of Justice Secretary David Lammy’s dramatic proposals to fix the court backlog.

They would mean...