Select committee: Justice Committee
Recommendation 2
3rd Report – Access to Justice: Legal Aid
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The government should immediately implement the Means Test Review and uprate the proposed thresholds to reflect inflation and updated cost-of-living data since the review’s baseline year. It should publish the methodology and revised thresholds alongside its implementation so that providers and clients can understand the government’s rationale. (Recommendation, Paragraph 12)
From: Justice Committee, 3rd Report – Access to Justice: Legal Aid (HC 541), 17 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 15 October 2026, 17 days ago.