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Legal aid cuts decision
YLAL response to Government announcement on TLA proposals On 5 September the Government published its response to the Transforming Legal Aid Consultation. The…
Westminster debate – 4 Sept
There is a Parliamentary debate on the criminal legal aid reforms and price competitive tendering taking place at 0930 on 4 September…
Post LASPO CPD training
The Legal Aid Practitioners Group are running an evening course on legal aid post-LASPO, this Thursday 22 August 2013. Details below. There…
Meet with your MP
YLAL is encouraging all members, as well as writing to their MPs, to go and meet with them personally in order to…
Leaflets about legal aid cuts
YLAL has produced two leaflets to highlight the impact of new legal aid cuts proposed by the Government in the consultation paper,…
LASPO regs debate
On 17 July 2013 Lord Bach moved a motion of “regret” against the legal aid regulations laid before parliament seeking to reduce…
HoL debate – 11 July 2013
On Thursday 11 July 2013, 1100, the House of Lords will be debating the “Effect of cuts in legal aid funding on…
Demonstrate! 30 July
The campaign against cuts to legal aid has made incredible progress. Now is the time for more pressure than ever before. YLAL…
Legal executive update
There have been recent changes to the “legal executive” route to qualifying as a lawyer. Becoming a member of the Chartered Institute…
Report on legal aid debate 27/6
On Thursday 27 June 2013 the House of Commons debated the proposed cuts to legal aid contained in the recent ‘Transforming Legal…