The Supreme court blocked a government attempt to cut £2bn in legal aid to migrants to have lived in the country for less than a year. Seven justices said the Lord Chancellor acted beyond its powers when he introduced secondary legislation to implement a controversial "residence test."
12 months is the proposed minimum residency status in the U.K. for citizens to have the capacity to receive legal aid, according to the highly controversial case by the Public Law Project (PLP) against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the U.K., which is due for a Supreme Court hearing on Monday.
In light of the recent activities by the United Kingdom's lawmakers regarding the economic stability of the country, the UK parliament's Treasury Select Committee are now recently examining the possibility of increasing capital requirements for its banks.