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Why I will not be working extended unpaid hours to dig the government out of its own mess

August 6, 2021 thesecretbarrister Law Inaction, Legal Aid, Politics

I have written for the Daily Mirror on the government’s plans to force criminal lawyers to work longer hours, for free, to tackle the backlog caused by chronic underfunding. The piece can be read here.

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