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Barristers protest legal aid cuts

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.

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MoJ: Barristers claims are 'rewriting history'

The Ministry of Justice said proposed cuts are intended to impact the highest-earning barristers and said that 70% of criminal barristers contracted to Very High Cost Cases receive fee incomes of more than £100,000.

We agree legal aid is a vital part of our justice system and that's why we have to find efficiencies to ensure it remains sustainable and available to those most in need of a lawyer.

We have engaged constructively and consistently with lawyers - including revising our proposals in response to their comments - and to allege we have not is re-writing history.

– Ministry of Justice spokeswoman

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