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Key figures throw support behind legal aid campaign
Legal aid campaign gets celeb support
A number of high-profile public figures have thrown their weight behind a campaign against legal aid cuts.
Actor Emma Thompson, political scholar Noam Chomsky and the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence Baroness Doreen Lawrence called on the Liberal Democrats yesterday to press for a halt to changes to legal aid.
Director Ken Loach, human rights campaigners Peter Tatchell and Bianca Jagger have also sent messages to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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