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SHADOW justice secretary Richard Burgon condemned the government for delaying a review into its legal aid reforms yesterday.
Spending on legal aid fell from £2.6 billion in 2005-6 to £1.5bn last year.
A review into deep cuts imposed in 2012 by the coalition government was announced nine months ago but Justice Secretary David Lidington has now confirmed that this will not conclude until July 2018.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland