Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 22
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As with eligibility, the government has failed to properly implement recommendations regarding improving system sustainability.
Conclusion
As with eligibility, the government has failed to properly implement recommendations regarding improving system sustainability. Targeted interventions in civil legal aid, such as housing and immigration fee increases, are too little, too late to prevent further decline. In order to remain viable, the few civil legal aid providers who remain must cross- subsidise legal aid work with private fees. This lowers their capacity to deliver legal aid work and drives up prices for those ineligible for legal aid. (Conclusion, Paragraph 79)