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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Criminal barristers prepare for indefinite strike over legal aid

Criminal barristers hold placards outside the Houses of Parliament in London
Barristers in England and Wales are frustrated that the justice secretary, Dominic Raab, has refused to meet. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Media

Criminal barristers in England and Wales will begin their first indefinite strike on Monday after the government failed to meet their demand to raise legal aid fees following years of cuts.

Before this year, criminal barristers had only walked out for a day and a half in 2014 before a resolution was reached in a dispute over legal aid.

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