This week, the UK's Ministry of Justice published its review into the legal aid cuts. For the many people now unable to access justice, it doesn't go far enough.
A lack of early legal advice is causing unnecessary homeslessness at huge government expense.
The legal aid
cuts mean that most people struggling with family breakdowns must represent
themselves in court. The impact on children and ordinary people is enormous.
Contrary to what the UK government say, many bereaved families need legal representation at an inquest to ensure a full and fearless investigation into the death of their loved one.
This week the UN found the UK’s austerity measures to have been “punitive”. To understand their true impact on disabled people, we must also look at what’s happened to our justice system.
As the UK government designs the compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal, we look at the toxic combination of factors that caused the scandal in the first place.
Cuts to legal aid are causing widespread injustice and likely costing the taxpayer more. The government are reviewing the cuts. We have a final chance to tell them we care.
