To highlight to everyone a new resource pack available from the Access to Justice Alliance, see the rightsnet policy news story Access to Justice campaign pack.

The AJA campaign has 6 key aims:

• review eligibility levels and scope of legal aid;
• make sure that the whole legal aid scheme is properly resourced so that both civil and criminal work can operate within a realistic budget;
• protect the civil legal aid budget so that it cannot be used to cover rising spending on criminal legal aid;
• ensure that local authorities contribute properly to the appropriate funding of independent advice services in their area;
• recognise the effects of policies in other parts of government on legal aid spending and make sure that the legal aid budget is compensated;
• provide co-ordinated funding for legal education, law reform and other non-casework services.