Just 440 people were given legal aid for "advice and assistance" around welfare cases last year - compared to 83,000 in 2012/13

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Just 440 people were given legal aid for “advice and assistance” around welfare cases last year, compared to 83,000 in 2012/13.

The jaw-dropping revelation was slipped out on the 49th page of a 122-page document published by the Ministry of Justice.

The assessment also showed a 74% drop in the number of people getting legal aid in civil and family cases, from 575,000 to 145,000.

Attack people claiming welfare and then remove their right to legal aid