“Lord McNally, the minister with responsibility for legal aid, has announced a decision to ‘accelerate’ the timetable to introduce competitive tendering for criminal legal aid. The government wants to save cash, but LAG asks can it succeed where the last government failed, as designing a tender system will be complex with no guarantee of savings?”
LAG News Blog, 5th March 2013
Source: www.legalactiongroupnews.org.uk
“NHS blunders left her newborn baby seriously brain damaged, and two and a half years later Andrea Duggan is still angry that no member of staff has been brought to book.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A brothel worker who battered the ‘madam’ to death with a dragon ornament after she sacked him for being ‘sullen’ has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 5th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government fails to recognise that post-adoption support is as important as finding families quickly.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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