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Legal aid reform: Grayling scraps competitive tendering plans

Fears that the government is reducing the justice system to a ‘stack it high and sell it cheap’ model were today further allayed as the Justice Secretary backtracked on his proposals to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders.

In a deal reached with the Law Society after listening to the concerns of dozens of criminal practitioners, Chris Grayling has dropped price competitive tendering (PCT).

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