The call comes ahead of a public meeting to discuss access to justice to be held on Saturday 9 April. The alliance includes the Child Poverty Action Group and Citizens Advice.
Nony Ardill, policy director at the Legal Action Group, an alliance member, said: "The whole question is who is going to do legal aid work in five to 10 years' time? For example, children need to be represented in care cases. If there are no lawyers to represent children, it brings into question the whole fairness of the child protection system."
At the beginning of March the Department for Constitutional Affairs announced reforms to legal aid for civil cases, which included reducing the income limit for legal aid support.
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