Charity warns Alex Chalk to act over legal aid for immigration and asylum
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6ETV5)
Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law Project
The availability of legal aid for immigration and asylum in England and Wales is so poor that the lord chancellor is in breach of his duty to provide access to justice, according to a letter threatening him with legal action.
The letter, sent to Alex Chalk by Public Law Project (PLP), says there are particular shortages in north-west and south-west England, the latter having capacity for fewer than 300 cases a year despite being home to the Bibby Stockholm, which can house about 500 people.
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