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Recommendation 46

46

Access to family legal aid is essential to the government’s ambition to halve violence against...

Conclusion
Access to family legal aid is essential to the government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls. Current eligibility rules, provider shortages and uneconomic remuneration mean that survivors of domestic abuse are often unable to secure representation when they most need it. (Conclusion, Paragraph 134)