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Tories’ cuts blamed for legal aid deserts
Lack of solicitors offering housing advice affects many areas
FAMILIES across England and Wales are being denied vital housing advice by crippling cuts to legal aid, solicitors revealed yesterday.
The Law Society, the representative body for solicitors, warned that “legal aid deserts” in housing advice have been created by government cuts.
Analysis of official figures has shown that almost a third of legal aid areas have either just one legal aid solicitor specialising in housing advice or none at all.
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