Two years on from drastic cuts to legal aid, the incoming government is being called on to urgently review legal services for children, young people and families. The parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights concluded, in its 24 March report on the UK's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, that: "The govermnent's reforms to legal aid have been a significant black mark on its human rights record during the second half of this parliament." The committee stated that there are "firm grounds for a new government of whatever make-up to look again at these reforms and to undo some of the harm they have caused to children".
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