Commenting on the 2025 Spending Review, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Executive Director of the Association of Consumer Support Organisations, which represents the interests of consumers in the civil justice system, said:
"Justice failed to feature in the chancellor's speech, leaving us with another mediocre settlement for Petty France and real-terms spending per person still way down on where it was 15 years ago. This will only serve to cement the unwanted status of the civil system in particular as a Cinderella Service, with the gaze of our politicians forever elsewhere.
"The long delays in our civil courts and the gradual decay of our legal system needs to capture ministers' attention or we will see a further loss of confidence in law firms and others to invest in the technology and training necessary to improve services.
"The Spending Review provides all the evidence necessary to show that where successive governments have chosen not to act, the sector itself needs to step up and find industry-led solutions to the challenges we face if people are to have access to justice."
Details on the Spending Review can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-review-2025