NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Legal Aid
Wednesday 5 December 2007 20:00-20:45 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 8 December 2007 22:15-23:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day.
Cutbacks in the Government's legal aid budget have led to warnings that many vulnerable people are not able to get legal advice or proper representation and that this is resulting in injustices. Key figures in the debate discuss demands for greater funding and the fairer distribution of the existing budget.
Followed by News.
