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Bianca Jagger: "Ministry of Justice will be known as Ministry of injustice".

Bianca Jagger:, Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation demanded justice not be a super market.

She told how during her divorce to Mick Jagger she had had no money to cover legal fees but despite being a foreigner because of UK legal aid was able to negotiate for her rights.

She said:-”the ministry of justice will need to be renamed the ministry of injustice”

Under Justice Minister Chris Graylings new proposals the residency test will exclude all migrants including those seeking asylum and those human trafficked to the UK from entitlement to legal aid. 

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