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An advocate carrying his wig outside court
PROPOSALS to improve access to legal aid risk being undermined due to government failures to take the cost-of-living crisis into account, the Law Society warned today.
In March, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced reforms to legal aid means tests with the aim of making millions more people eligible to access the support.
The proposed changes were announced after research found that stringent legal aid means tests were preventing families living in poverty from accessing justice.
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