New report from Coram Children’s Legal Centre highlights devastating impact of legal aid cuts on children

A new report published today by the Coram Children’s Legal centre (CCLC) demonstrates that, without funding for legal advice or representation as a result of changes to legal aid in 2013, some children have been left without the home, legal status, education or family access to which they are entitled.The report Rights without remedies: legal aid and access to justice for children draws on evidence from CCLC’s legal advice services, which provide free advice and help to 20,000 children, young people or families every year. Focusing on family, education and immigration law, the report demonstrates the ways in which, without swift and reliable access to legal aid, children’s rights can be undermined. It calls for urgent changes to the government’s exceptional funding ‘safety net’ for vulnerable individuals, and for legal aid for all children in the care of local authorities or where children’s services are involved in…

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