Commenting on news the High Court has ruled the Government’s legal aid changes illegal, Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan said:

“We knew David Cameron’s Government was incompetent but this latest damning judgement takes the biscuit.

"For Chris Grayling to press ahead with legal aid changes in light of this mauling in the High Court would be arrogant even by his standards and risks wasting even more taxpayers’ money. His proposals would see two classes of justice with one for those who can afford proper representation and one for those without their own financial means. This would destroy any semblance of everyone being equal in the face of the law”

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