Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 November 2010.
Stephen Timms
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2:30,
23 November 2010
On legal aid, the Minister has spoken today about working with voluntary sector organisations. Community Links' welfare advice service in my area has seen 9,000 people so far this year. It is very cost-effective and has been paid for until now by legal aid. Under the Minister's proposals, it will not be in the future. How will that work be supported by the Government in the period ahead?
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Richard McKeever
Posted on 24 Nov 2010 8:39 pm (Report this annotation)
Community links is an innovative east London charity, running a wide range of community projects for 30,000 people every year. Based in Newham, Community Links has over 30 years of experience working with local people to support children, young people, adults and families.
The lessons of local work in east London are shared with government and community groups across the country to achieve positive social change.
Blog on legal aid cuts: http://www.community-links.org/linksuk/?p=2142
Background to Advive services: http://www.community-links.org/local-services/advice/