Legal Aid
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »
Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »
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Supreme Court rejects the government’s plan for a residency test for legal aid
Court of Appeal finds that changes to legal aid are legally flawed
