Without action, he cautions, Britain will slip from “world leader to world embarrassment”. Labour-backed report calls for more generous legal aid system Read more“Laws and rights mean nothing if you can’t take action to protect them,” Isaac said. Reduced funding has resulted in “advice deserts” in parts of Britain where there are no specialist legal aid advisers available. The Ministry of Justice is reviewing the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act. The prime minister, Theresa May, has repeatedly called for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2017 16:07 UTC