The government is today expected to announce reforms of sentencing in England and Wales, as well as plans to cut the legal aid budget by £350m.

Legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman reports on the controversial bill.

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, and Ben Gummer, a Conservative member of the Justice Committee, debate if cutting legal aid will really help the tax payer.

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