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Lawyers down tools to halt £220m legal aid cut
Thousands across England and Wales walk out to defend justice system
Thousands of barristers will walk out at courts in England and Wales today in a second day of action over government cuts to legal aid.
Proceedings at crown courts in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool among others will be hit by the action while hundreds of lawyers will also march on Westminster in protest at the government reforms.
Protesters will march on the Ministry of Justice to deliver a signed copy of the Magna Carta, the foundation of the judicial system.
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