How legal aid cuts filled family courts with bewildered litigants Read moreThe number of people receiving legal aid has fallen more than 80% in eight years. He called for a national consensus to be forged on the necessary level of legal aid expenditure. Quick guide Legal aid cuts Show Hide What are the legal aid cuts affecting England and Wales? Anyone earning as little as £23,000 a year is no longer entitled to any legal aid in lower court cases. For those who get no legal aid at all, private legal fees can run to tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2018 17:00 UTC