The government aims to increase criminal legal aid fees by the end of September. It is hoping to lay secondary legislation following a Ministry of Justice consultation on a £135 million reform package. So far there have been more than 200 responses and if feedback continues...

More than £36 million was spent on management consultants by the Ministry of Justice in the last three years. The top spend includes almost £6 million on the HM Courts and Tribunal Service’s reform programme and more than £16 million in relation to the MoJ...