Everything But The Weed

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Slashes to legal aid are on the horizon.  Even though particular organizations are anywhere from irritated to furious at different initiatives the government is preparing to cut, limiting legal aid may well end up being one of the most damaging.  Without legal aid funding, Britains welfare system does not have an vital check on corruption.
    
 When the very poor have legal difficulty, they only alternative they possess is to seek out help from solicitors in London that are paid to help them through legal aid programs.  Post spending cuts, only the most severe cases will have a hope of accessing a attorney.  
    
Does this leave any way for the poor to be involved legally??  In a word, no.  The class that needs legal counsel the most is about to become powerless to receive it.  
    
The previously mentioned logic is not the most impactful argument against cutting legal aid.  The main difficulty is that the legal aid cuts essentially remove the most effective check against dodgy and inefficient bureaucracy.  Even senior, experiencedLondon solicitors find bureacracy in general and benefit cases in particular overwhelmingly complex and overly nuanced.  
    
The idea that those who are impoverished and have probably received extremely substandard quality education can represent themselves is unrealistic. According to Mind, a leading mental health charity in England and wales, 40% of those in the current incapacity benefit are mentally ill, the majority with depression.  Suicides are commonplace, and many have other serious medical conditions that are need of treatment.  
    
That these people should have essentially no access to legal services is just not a good idea; it is too tempting for the dodgy and unscrupulous to take advantage of them.  Why should Britain pay for a welfare system in which people in need lack the ability to legally defend themselves against chronic discrimination and injustice inbedded in the bureacracy itself?
    
Lawyers in London, many of who gave up higher paying jobs to help the disadvantaged, are losing their jobs due to the spending cuts.  This message is not what those working to help the impoverished should be receiving.  The cuts to legal aid desperately need to be reconsidered.