Social Justice
The reality of life as one of Ken Clarke’s ‘fat cat legal aid lawyers’
Harriet Williams looks at the reality of life as one of Ken Clarke’s ‘fat cat legal aid lawyers’.
LASPO
The financial and personal cost of the legal aid cuts laid bare
Left Foot Forward looks at the legal aid cuts, and the costs to services, people and the taxpayer of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Time for Ken Clarke to deliver peers the evidence on the real cost of legal aid cuts
On the legal aid cuts and LASPO bill, the real problem Ken Clarke has is his story savings figures simply do not stack up and peers from all sides know it.
The insurance industry’s millions to the Tories are set to pay off
Alex Hern reports on the changes to 'no-win no-fee' arrangements set to be made law today, and how insurance companies' million-pound donations to the Conservatives may have helped.
The principles of British fairness, the rule of law and Magna Carta are at stake
Jonny Mulligan runs through the reasons to not trust the government about LASPO, the bill which harms British justice more than anything in the last 800 years.
Disability minister ignorant on how legal aid cuts affecting disabled people
Alex Hern reveals the extent of disability minister Maria Miller's ignorance over how her own government's policy affects the disabled.