Legal aid

Hundreds more prisoners will be released early today to ease the chronic lack of jail spaces.While this short-term fix is not without risk, it reflects the urgency of the crisis in our criminal justice system. However, unless longer-term…

People who are wrongly accused of crime may not have access to legal help due to a dire staffing crisis in the justice system, a top lawyer has warned. Law Society President Richard Atkinson said that after “decades of underinvestment” he…

Keir Starmer will promise to introduce a new law to prevent cover-ups by the state before the next anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.Speaking at Labour's conference in Liverpool, the PM will confirm that the new legislation will be…

It is a bold political strategy to say 'don't vote for the other team - they might get ELECTED'.It's even braver to suggest that, once in power, your opponent might actually CHANGE stuff. It merely proves that, even when you're about to…

People being evicted from their properties might not be capable to get recommendation from legal professionals due to devastating Tory cuts to authorized assist, a watchdog warns right this moment.The National Audit Office (NAO) stated…