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What a joke, slash our costs and then hike up the court fees.

I loved the quote

"Shailesh Vara said: ‘We have one of the best legal systems in the world and we are making sure our courts are properly resourced so that they can continue to build on their excellent reputation. These fee changes will make sure hardworking taxpayers are not having to subsidise those using our civil courts.’"

We no longer have one of the best legal sysytems in the world, civil and criminal law is a complete and utter mess - thanks to Jackson/Mitchell, criminal aid cuts and unworkable changes to the provision of criminal work.

However my favourite line was the often used hard working tax payers subsidising those people using our civil justice system.

It is those very same "hardworking tax payers" that are using the civil justice system. I suspect this government would prefer it if we just did away with all civil rights and criminal come to that matter.

I remember hearing a government minster saying why should hardworking tax payers... *sigh* subsidise criminals, when he was talking about cuts in legal funding.

It amazes me that more people do not see though this complete rubbish. What "hard working tax payers" should be thinking about getting rid off is a large amount of MPs. Their pay, benefits, including the best pension scheme I have ever seen is exorbitant and while they are telling the civil service, teachers, doctors, nurses to be happy with 1% gave themselves 7% was it. I swear it was double figures the year before.