Hundreds of lawyers protest outside parliament to oppose British governmentâ„¢s plans to slash legal aid spending.
Hundreds of lawyers have protested outside the Houses of Parliament to oppose British governmentâ„¢s plans to cut another £220 million from the criminal legal aid budget.
The mass protest was organized by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association (LCCSA), through which demonstrators condemned the Justice Secretary Chris Graylingâ„¢s plans to slash legal aid spending.
Barristers and solicitors branded Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals as unfair, warning that the plans could damage the quality of representation in courts and police stations.
A former solicitor and Labour’s justice spokesman Sadiq Khan condemned Grayling for destroying legal aid and said, “[his] obsession with throwing red meat to Tory backbenchers and appearing on the front page of the Mail on Sunday” would lead to more miscarriages of British justice.
The UK government is seeking to save about £350 million from its £2.2 billion annual bill for legal aid by removing public funding in many areas of civil law, including family disputes, advice on some employment and education law as well as some debt and housing issues.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV