Falling crime rate 'may save £84m'

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%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Falling crime rates will deliver savings of more than £80 million a year on the Government's criminal legal aid bill without proposed cuts to the system, a study has claimed.

Ministers have assumed the crime case load will remain constant after the first year of cuts, a report from forecaster Oxford Economics said.

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