Legal aid lawyers 'overpaid £50m'

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Lawyers were overpaid for legal aid work by over £50m last year
Lawyers were overpaid for legal aid work by over £50m last year

Lawyers were overpaid by more than £50 million for legal aid work last year, auditors have found.

The National Audit Office (NAO) cited the huge errors as it refused to give the Legal Services Commission (LSC) accounts a clean bill of health.

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