Shropshire and legal aid cuts

[jman]

It looks like Patrick and Nat Matthews' tweeting on "no justice" in different areas of the country might be paying off. Shropshire Star is using the LAG breakdown to cover the effect of the legal aid cuts in their area. We need this in every local paper in the country-send the LAG breakdown to yours.

"Shropshire to be badly hit by planned legal aid cuts
Thursday 8th September 2011, 6:00PM BST.

Shropshire will be the second worst-hit of 132 areas in England and Wales under the Government’s proposed cuts to legal aid, a charity claimed today.

The Legal Action Group’s new report claims the number of Shropshire cases eligible for legal aid will be cut by 77 per cent due to Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s major overhaul of the judicial system.

The Government is aiming to save £350m from its £2.15bn legal aid bill by making reforms to the system, with a particular focus on reforming social welfare law.

But Steve Hynes, director of the Legal Action Group, said the proposed £392,000 cut in Shropshire’s legal aid budget would have “disastrous” effects."

Read more: www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/09/08/shropshire-to-be-badly-hit-by-planned-legal-aid-cuts/#ixzz1XOUixHGu


www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/09/08/shropshire-to-be-badly-hit-by-planned-legal-aid-cuts/

[nickd]

Jman : Could you do me a favour please and move this one over to the advice desert thread; - it will get more coverage on there as it's easier to promote it as one overall one. By all means put them up as a single one to start with, but then merge it after a few days? Cheers ;-)