The government’s plans to cut criminal legal aid and privatise parts of the court services appeared to edge one step closer yesterday following Chancellor George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review, under which The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will see its budget slashed by 10% over the next 18 months.
The MoJ suffered one of the highest level of cuts of all welfare and public sector departments in yesterday’s review, with its budget of £6.8bn in 2014-15 to drop to £6.2bn the following year.
