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Legal aid cuts creating two-tier justice system, says Amnesty
New report from Amnesty:
Cuts to legal aid are far worse than anticipated and are creating a “two-tier” system which denies the poorest people access to justice, warns a critical report by Amnesty International.
The government should conduct an urgent review of the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which came into effect in 2013 and has severely restricted funding, the study says. A review has been promised within three to five years but ministers have delayed.
And from Amnesty: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/uk-government-denying-children-and-families-access-justice-legal-aid-cuts
adding, therefore, to what the courts have been saying on the subject for a while. judges are somewhat annoyed, to put it mildly. they know, and say, that they can’t deal with cases properly where people who should have legal aid, and relevant representation, can’t get it.