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It is disasterous, a catastrophe, a crying shame that those who most need representation cannot afford it. In both civil and criminal law a refusal to fund a case is as bad as a total denial of justice.

But hang on a minute. Are HMG doing this out of principle? Are they trying to lose the next election? Do I hear Labour saying they will reverse these cuts? No I do not. And why? Because they know their profligacy got us into this mess in the first place and somehow the debt they ran up with the national debit card has to be repaid.

And another thing, when I told Ian Lucas MP (Labour, Wrexham) that I would vote for him if his party would agree to reverse Lord Mackay's legal aid cuts, he replied "There are no votes in saying you are going to pay lawyers more, David" As with all MPs, right, left and centre, they are only interested in getting elected and then retaining their seats.

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