Thanks to funding from the Future Advice Fund 2014, co-ordinated by the Legal Education Foundation, the All Party Group (APG) on Legal Aid is looking for a Project Worker to carry out 4 – 6 days’ work per month over the next 18 – 24 months. The salary will depend on experience. We are very grateful to the Future Advice grants programme for supporting the work of the APG.

The APG on Legal Aid was established in July 2009, and is sponsored by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG - http://lapg.co.uk) and Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL - http://www.younglegalaidlawyers.org/). Its Chair is Karl Turner MP (http://www.karlturnermp.org.uk/). It operates by holding regular meetings at Parliament to discuss issues relating to legal aid. Please see the APG's register entry (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/legal-aid.htm) for futher details.

The APG acts as an important forum for discussion of all issues surrounding legal aid. It provides a point of contact between the Government, Parliament and all who have an interest in the legal aid sector: these include clients, lawyers, the wider public, professional bodies, practitioners’ groups, charities, campaign organisations, and many others. It constitutes a practical way of engaging with the ongoing legal aid reform process through contact with Parliamentarians – both MPs and Lords – who have a direct influence on the outcome of that process.