Lib Dem MPs rebel against proposals to cut legal aid funding
  • , legal affairs correspondent
  • guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 October 2011 18.44 BST
  • Senior Liberal Democrat MPs have staged a rebellion against coalition government plans to slice £350m a year out of the legal aid budget, warning that it will restrict access to justice.

    A series of amendments to the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill have been tabled by Tom Brake and Mike Crockart, the two Lib Dem MPs who sat on the committee stage of the bill, and supported by Simon Hughes.

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