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Why would the Government change tack? Its actions save money (at least from MOJ's perspective), inhibit "crooks" getting expensive briefs (to get them off), inhibit "benefit scroungers", inhibit pesky complianants at death in custody hearings and, generally, screw the lid down on expensive "ambulance-chasing" and other morally unacceptable (to insurers anyway) litigation. All popular with the voters as they read the Daily Mail over breakfast...