Labour: we will build more ‘people’s law centres’ 

From the Labour Party conference ...

Labour will aim to reverse justice cuts in deprived areas by funding more ‘people’s law centres’ to help people who can’t afford lawyers ... 

.... Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said Labour wanted to “empower the communities most affected by Conservative cuts” to defend their rights.

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Labour government would build more law centres, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon has announced, as justice issues dominated the first day of the party’s annual conference in Liverpool.

Burgon told a fringe event ‘The Future of Justice in the UK’ that his party will ‘return legal aid to be a pillar of the welfare state and properly support law centres as engines of empowerment for working-class communities’.

Burgon has teamed up with the Law Centres Network to draft ‘detailed’ proposals ‘and put this into reality when we come into government’.

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