Shortage, what shortage?

Children & Young People Now has recently published an article about the shortage of representation for children as a result of public funding reforms (you may have to register to read the whole article) following a survey by the Association of Lawyers for Children which suggests 40% of firms are reducing or planning to reduce their public law workload. Not so say the Legal Services Commission and to suggest otherwise is dangerous. CYPN is a website aimed at everyone working with children & young people and they provide a number of useful email updaters and an rss feed.