A Minimum of Charity

Katharine Fletcher

Alongside cutting crime, hospital waiting-lists and taxes, cutting the number of asylum seekers can be depended on to rank high among pre-election promises. This year, the Tories’ cap on refugee numbers has jousted with the home secretary’s proposals to remove the right of recognised refugees to remain in Britain unconditionally, to lock up more asylum seekers while their claims are considered, and to allow the return of unaccompanied children to their countries of origin.

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[*] Around thirty firms are still allowed to decide for themselves whether legal aid is justified. The basis for inclusion on this list isn’t entirely clear: some good firms are included, but so are others with less impressive reputations. The cap on legal aid applies to these firms too and so even they have had to reduce the work done on appeal cases.