Change the drug laws to save money, say UK civil servants
Civil servants will suggest the decriminalisation of the use of hard drugs as a way of tackling the Ministry of Justice’s budget woes when the new government takes power next month.
Officials are expecting the next Lord Chancellor to demand yet more spending cuts and revenue-raising measures to get one of the world’s most expensive legal systems under financial control.
They are preparing a list of options to give ministers after the election, which includes what a Whitehall source described as the “unpalatable” option of decriminalising drug use. This would save prosecution costs, free up cells and help to clear court backlogs. Officials accept that ministers “aren’t going to like” this option and will not adopt the plan, but the suggestion illustrates how difficult it will be to find more savings at the MoJ, which has a £9bn budget.
Other ideas include closing and selling underused courts, and raising civil...
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