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Today the @LegalAidAgency announced that civil contracts, due to expire Aug 23, will be extended to Aug 24. Many providers will be pleased, & fair enough too, as tenders are time-consuming, costly & disruptive, & as some have found in recent years, can go horribly wrong. 🧵1/16
But the @LegalAidAgency only carries out large-scale tenders across all civil contracts periodically, as contracts come to an end. The last tender (for contracts from Sep 18) is the last time new providers could get a contract & existing providers could expand/do new work. 2/16
Today’s news means that new providers will continue to be locked out of #LegalAid for 2 more years, & those wanting to expand cannot. Legal aid work is really challenging: underpaid, complex and maligned by many. Remarkably there are lawyers who are still willing to do it. 3/16
