The Legal aid Bill gave the coalition government the most defeats of any bill in parliament for the last sixty years. In the end government only won by one vote in the house of Lords. A vote they would not have had if Lord Newton was still around to vote.

The UK's most senior judge has said he fears cuts to legal aid could lead to people "taking the law into their own hands." In an interview with the...

This week, after the eight defeat on the legal aid bill in the house of lords a source close to Ken Clarkes responded by saying: "It's yet another example of Labour peers behaving like they're in the Greek parliament, not the House of Lords." This is wrong and its not Labour.

Today peers will vote on amendments that will decide the future of the legal aid budget for over 645,000 women, children, families, pensioners and citizens in England and Wales. Sound off for Justice and the group campaigning against the bill all recognise that we must save the taxpayer money. This has never been and issue and we know how to save £40 million more than the government. What is in contention is how we do this and what is 'fair and reasonable'?

Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, has published proposals to give divorced and separated fathers stronger rights to see their children as part of an overhaul of the family justice system.

Last week the true impact of the government's cuts became very clear. It is women, children, the elderly and the homeless that are going to get hit the worst.

Women and children will bear the brunt of the Government's legal aid reforms with an increasing number of victims of domestic abuse cross-examined in ...

The Government's plans to slash the soaring legal aid bill threaten to cost the NHS millions and exclude many victims of medical negligence from justi...