This paper explores the disjuncture in the New Labour Governmentbetween the largest reform in fifty years of the nation’s Legal Aid systemand the concurrent pursuit of progressive anti-poverty, social inclusion,community regeneration, and human rights social policies. The failure ofthe newly...

This report summarises the key issues that arose and pulls together the actions proposed byleading experts at different levels, from the poorest neighbourhoods up to central government.There was no proposed or agreed single line of action; rather there were multiple strands ofthinking that,...