{"podcast":{"title":"Pod Save the UK","slug":"pod-save-the-uk-6318799","podcast_index_feed_id":6318799,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43625311/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Pod Save the UK","episode_count":163,"summary":"Pod Save the UK is your weekly fix of political news, big ideas and a shot of inspiration. Each week hosts, comedian Nish Kumar and journalist Coco Khan are joined by politicians, experts, and famous friends to unpick the latest news, look for solutions, and inspire action. From Crooked Media – the creators of Pod Save America – tune in to new episodes of Pod Save the UK every Thursday wherever you pod.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799"},"episode":{"title":"Will cutting juries fix our maggot-ridden courts?","slug":"will-cutting-juries-fix-our-maggot-ridden-courts","published_at":"2025-12-04T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/will-cutting-juries-fix-our-maggot-ridden-courts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8830132","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8830132.mp3?modified=1768334716&sid=5166011&source=rss","summary":"“Dead and rotting seagulls within the roof insulation” and “maggots literally raining down on to the lobby” - this quote from a court in South Tyneside sums up the state of our creaking judicial system. So what are we going to do about it? Cut jury trials. Deputy PM and Justice Secretary David Lammy is hoping to clear the court backlog by scrapping jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than three years - but stories like these make Nish and Coco doubtful it will be the silver bullet Lammy hopes. Is removing one of the fundamental building blocks of our justice system worth some sweet sweet efficiency gains? Then - is this the next post office scandal? Nish and Coco are joined by Liz Sayce OBE to discuss her damning report into how the Department of Work and Pensions failed to notify unpaid carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years. And Your Party had its founding conference this weekend… and surprise surprise… it was a spicy one. In the end, Team Zarah’s collective vision for the party defeated Team Jeremy. Will this be a new chapter or - for a party prone to in-fighting - will this leadership model trip them up from the get go? Reminder to send in your questions for our mailbag special to psuk@reducedlistening.co.uk CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS AURA FRAMES https://www.auraframes.com Code: PSUK BABBEL https://www.babbel.com/PSUK WISE https://www.wise.com GUESTS Liz Sayce, OBE CREDITS BBC News Turn Left Media The Mirror Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com Insta: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk Facebook: https:/…","meta_description":"“Dead and rotting seagulls within the roof insulation” and “maggots literally raining down on to the lobby” - this quote from a court in South Tyneside su…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2707,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/episodes/will-cutting-juries-fix-our-maggot-ridden-courts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/will-cutting-juries-fix-our-maggot-ridden-courts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}