Legal Aid Reform- Update

I spoke in a well attended debate on the changes to legal aid. I have voiced concerns over these changes on a number of occasions and repeated my concerns. The next day the Secretary of State for Justice came to the House of Commons to announce a watering down of his proposals to reduce choice.

He was responding to over 1600 responses to the consultation on the changes.

The u-turn is welcome but there is a lot of detail to unpick and I still fear there could be areas of the country where there will be very limited cover by firms willing to provide legal aid.