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Recommendation 42
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The Government should consider enabling the Legal Aid Agency to provide specific support to legal...
Recommendation
The Government should consider enabling the Legal Aid Agency to provide specific support to legal aid providers to bring in trainees. This support should be targeted to areas where there is a particular shortage of specialist advice.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government is considering how best to support the legal aid workforce as part of its ongoing work on civil legal aid market sustainability, which includes considering funded posts and training contracts for providers.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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As part of our ongoing work considering the sustainability of the civil legal aid market, we are considering how best to support the legal aid workforce. This includes consideration of funded posts within legal aid providers including the funding of training contracts.
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