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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The government’s cuts in legal aid will cost the taxpayer more and simply shift the costs onto other government departments, writes Dr Graham Cookson.
Alex Hern reveals the extent of disability minister Maria Miller’s ignorance over how her own government’s policy affects the disabled.
Mark Davyd explains how Simon Cowell attempted to wreck his charity by copyrighting a name they’d used for years, and is now making them pay £8,000 fees.
Shadow equalities minister Kate Green writes about her success in getting the government to accept and amendment which will equalise tariffs for disability hate crime.
Alex Hern covers the bad maths in the Ministry of Justice’s spending review, and how it raises questions about their ability to save the money they’re trying to.
New analysis by Justice for All reveals housing and debt advice, received under legal aid, will not be available at all in a third of areas in England and Wales.