Barristers have accused the Government of putting "cuts before justice" over plans to slash £220 million a year from legal aid budgets in criminal cases. The Ministry of Justice says the reforms will hit high-earning barristers.
Justice Minister Shailesh Vara hit back at barristers' claims that legal aid cuts will "destroy the system," telling BBC Radio 5 Live that even after cuts to Britain's legal aid budget, QCs will earn a minimum of £306 a day from a routine criminal case.
"We have a £2 billion legal aid budget annually, which is one of the most generous in the world, and after the proposed go through it will be £1.5 billion - which will remain one of the most generous in world.
"What we're now doing is looking at the rates paid to the barristers... We are making sure those who are vulnerable, in need of money, and those who need the assistance of legal aid funding do get it."
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