No justice in ending legal aid
The government has ignored legal aid practitioners and has pressed on with making the system discriminate against the poor
Within a short space of time, legal aid will be all but a thing of the past. The poor and the vulnerable will not have access to justice; a key element of the welfare state since 1948 will have disappeared. These things are familiar complaints now in relation to civil justice, but truly shocking is the prospect of legal aid being denied in serious criminal cases with only the rich being able to afford to defend themselves properly.
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