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Eddie Tang Comments in the Guardian: Liberal Democrats Vote to Oppose More Legal Aid Cuts

Eddie Tang Comments in the Guardian: Liberal Democrats Vote to Oppose More Legal Aid Cuts

Legal aid until it can be proved that there will be “no adverse effect upon access to justice”.

The symbolic blow to the government’s cost-cutting policy is unlikely to derail the Ministry of Justice’s latest proposals to reduce the legal aid bill by £220m annually by 2018 but may lead to further debates inside the coalition.

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