Barristers and lawyers are staging a second walk out of courts in England and Wales over legal aid cuts. The Justice Secretary is pressing ahead with fee cuts for lawyers as part of a bid to slash £220 million from the legal aid budget.
Britain has "one of the most expensive legal aid systems" in the world and the Government has "no choice" but to make cuts if it is to deal with deficit left by the 2008 crash, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said.
Speaking ahead of a series of walk outs by barristers over cuts, the spokeswoman said:
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