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01 March 1993

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Lord Mackay, the Lord Chancellor, is going ahead with his cuts to legal aid eligibility, in force from 12 April 1993, despite the Law Society being granted leave in the High Court to challenge the new regulations. There has been widespread anger at Lord Mackay's cavalier attitude to criticism of the cuts, and at the ruthlessness of the new rules, which reduce to 61 per week the level of disposable income at which legal advice will be available. The Home Affairs Select Committee complained that the cuts "sit uneasily with the government's commitment to citizens' rights".

Independent 23.3.93 1 8.4.93.

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