All Government & politics articles – Page 21
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NewsCivil legal aid: minimum 10% fee uplift for housing and immigration lawyers
Ministry of Justice to consult on fee uplift for two of 11 contract areas - the first rise in 30 years.
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Opinion'End of Life' bill: Need for scrutiny should not mask its beneficial principle
Former Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger explains why he strongly supports the principle behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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NewsIt’s that man again
One item in particular grabbed Obiter’s attention during a silent auction at a law centre fundraiser last week.
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News'You are not saving money by cutting sitting days,' LCJ tells MPs
Cases ready to be heard are being taken out of lists, salaried judges are not sitting and fee-paid judges are having their bookings cancelled.
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NewsWarning over lord chancellor's 'above-inflation legal aid fee increase'
Law firm hints at further legal action if new rates fail to resolve crisis in immigration and asylum legal aid sector.
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NewsData drive to reveal 'hidden costs' of legal aid work
Practitioner groups wants to show government the current legal aid scheme is unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic.
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NewsAG's guidance to government lawyers 'unconstitutional', thinktank argues
Revised 'legal risk guidelines' would give attorney general a veto over a wide range of policy decisions, claims Policy Exchange paper.
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NewsIn focus: Budget blues for law centres and small firms
After Rachel Reeves’ budget announcement of a rise in employers’ national insurance, cash-strapped law centres and small firms are agonising over how to absorb thousands in extra staff costs.
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NewsMore ‘dither and delay’? Government issues timetable for leasehold reform
’Ambitious’ Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will be brought forward late next year.
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NewsCourt interpreting inquiry: government contractor corrects profit 'assumption'
Global managing director tells inquiry thebigword makes a cashflow profit of 2 pence in every £1 from Ministry of Justice payments.
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NewsLaw centre group takes £33k hit from employer NI hike
South West London chief says it would be 'wonderful' if charities were to be exempted from chancellor's tax raid.
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OpinionEnsuring the regulator is properly regulated
The SRA is in danger of losing the trust and confidence of the entire profession. How can proper regulation take place in such circumstances?
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NewsBadenoch takes aim at public law 'burden'
Rule of law does not mean having ever more laws to rule us, new Conservative leader says.
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NewsKemi Badenoch appears at the Post Office Inquiry
The Post Office Inquiry has gone on so long that Kemi Badenoch, a junior minister when it started, is now leader of the opposition.
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OpinionAssisted dying bill: there is much in the debate that frustrates
Bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP stands the strongest chance yet of effecting a change in the law.
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News'Capacity' concerns over assisted dying bill
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced by backbencher Kim Leadbeater MP, has been promised parliamentary time by the government.
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NewsJustice secretary's legal aid advisers call for action on fees
Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board says situation has deteriorated since 2021 Bellamy review called for urgent uplift.
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NewsFormer LCJ on Gauke's sentencing review panel
Lord Burnett of Maldon is among those supporting former Conservative lord chancellor as review issues call for evidence.
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NewsJustice secretary finds extra cash for criminal legal aid
Lord chancellor announces £18.5m for police station work and £5.1m for youth court fees.
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NewsMemory lane
Lords urged to throw out HIPs, legal advice for Princess Diana, obscenity and the law and working mothers: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.