Magistrates hit by biscuit cuts

Cuts in Ministry of Justice spending have resulted in magistrates in at least one city going without tea and biscuits, a senior judge has said.

Mr Justice Saunders said finances were so stretched, he would be supplying the refreshments for a meeting he was holding at a court in Oxford.



He likened the situation to "taking food parcels to refugees" and said "We're all doing our bit."

A spokeswoman for HM Courts Service said Mr Justice Saunders was going to Oxford for a private meeting and so they would not comment.