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Transforming legal aid ~ Reaction ~ A few of the Tweets
In no particular order, just a brief sample of the tweets which have appeared regarding the government's revised legal aid proposals.
Transforming legal aid - previous post
The revised proposals may be read HERE and are open for consultation but only until 18th October 2013.
If the majority of Criminal Legal Aid Firms have a profit margin of 6% at best it doesn't take a genius to work out that 17.5% cut =curtains
— Tim Thomas (@TimothyThomas79) September 6, 2013
Task for today - consultation response no.2. Proposals for duty work are devastating, PCT thinly veiled. Cuts are a joke. #SaveUKJustice
— Rachel Broughton (@MicroPP) September 6, 2013
Open letter to the Bar Standards Board http://t.co/z5W4v8STxO
— Paul Prior (@PaulSPrior) September 5, 2013
The abolition of legal aid for children in prison will give a blanket of secrecy to child abuse, says @francescrook: http://t.co/oMEwGhBEUZ
— CaoilfhionnGallagher (@caoilfhionnanna) September 5, 2013
@Queenofjustice Grayling lives off public money & he's having a handsome rise. The cuts are an affront & no one should contemplate accepting
— Michael Auty QC (@MichaelAutyQC) September 5, 2013
"Arbitrary, unfair residency test remains ... & most prison law cases remain excluded": @libertyhq on legal aid cuts. http://t.co/46d0dqFEsD
— Shoaib M Khan (@UK_HumanRights) September 5, 2013
Now had a look at #FailedGrayling 's new deal; 17.5% off already unprofitable work & 30% off the bit that kept us solvent. #SaveUKJustice
— Trevor Francis (@TopFraudLawyer) September 5, 2013
Grayling has listened on legal aid reform http://t.co/TRFgnpAOup >anyone else feel nauseous at rancid aroma of ego-trip? #saveukjustice
— Just Counsel (@JustCounsel) September 5, 2013
What we think about Govt response on #legalaid: key message: we won't give up the fight, this campaign is not over http://t.co/eeaUJ8mV0j
— YoungLegalAidLawyers (@YLALawyers) September 5, 2013
Transforming legal aid: what the government now propose http://t.co/2Y9hpfgbN6 via @legalaidhbk v useful summary and terrible civil cuts
— Ruth Hayes (@ruthilc) September 6, 2013
Legal aid cuts will still shut out torture victims http://t.co/mQ3mzr9mwJ
— LegalAidLink (@LegalAidLink) September 5, 2013
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