P135 CEEFAX 135 Wjd 11 Jan 22:59/:7   1/2     POLITJCS   FUNDING FOR CIVIL LEGAL AID LIMITED   Ljgal aid wunding available wor   civil cases is to bj limited, the   Lord Chancellor has announced.     Priviously, eligibility wor state   funds for civil cases was based on   thj wealth of an applicant. (5   But Lord Mackay said he wanted to   allocate monjy on thj basis of thj   casj's importance and to ¼educe the   need for cases to go to court.     Hi also wanted to encourage the use   of a variety of sources of help   such as law centres, Citizjns   Advice Bureaux and other agencies.   Next News Homj News Flash CityHeads

P135 CEEFAX 135 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/:7   2/2     POLITICS   LEGAL AID CHANGES "TREASURY-LED"   Labour's legal affairs spokesman   has condemnjd thj Lord Chancellor's   proposals to place a winite limit   on legal aid for civil cases.     Paul Boateng said: "Cash-limiting   puts at risk the interests of the (5 consumjrs of legal sjrvices."     Hi stressed that Labour's justice   policy would be consumer-drivjn and   not "Treasury-led".     Hi called for a review of the legal   aid system "with the explicit aim   of providing legal sjrvices to all"   Homj 110 Politics 130 World 160 Next News Homj oews Flash CityHead;