The Unit is very concerned about the negative effect on those in need of legal assistance without the means to pay for the help they need if the proposed legal aid cuts come into existence.

Many agencies and members throughout the legal profession and wider community have also been expressing their grave concern about the proposals. To read more see the articles below.

Legal aid cuts of £350m will bring choas to courts, judges fear, The Guardian, 6th June 2011

MP's in warning over legal aid cuts, The Independent, 30th March 2011

Legal aid cuts 'will hit poor hardest' say MPs, Metro, 29th March 2011

Concerned about legal aid? Join the anti-cuts march, The Guardian, 25th March 2011

Legal Aid Debate, The National Bar Pro Bono Centre, 21st March 2011

Legal aid cuts will hit pro bono, says law firms, Trust Law, 25th March 2011

'Devastating impact' of legal aid cuts plans, BBC News, 14th February 2011

Legal aid cuts 'crude and brutal', The Independent, 14th February 2011

Legal aid cuts risk homelessness, Inside Housing, 8th February 2011

Scrapping Legal Aid for medical cases 'bad for justice and health', The Telegraph, 31st January 2011

Legal aid cuts spark child abduction fears, Law Society Gazette, 27th January 2011

Legal aid cuts 'deprive drug claimants of day in court', BBC News, 18th January 2011

Campaign to fight legal aid cuts, The Guardian, 12th January 2011

MPs warned they will be ‘overloaded’ due to legal aid cuts, Law Society Gazette, 17th December 2010

Legal aid cuts would remove free advice for thousands of people, The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Legal aid delivers justice; Kind lawyers won't, The Guardian, 13th October 2010