It’s a no-brainer: Local authority funding for immigration legal advice in the UK

‘It’s a no-brainer’ finds there is a clear cost benefit in all of the local authority funded or commissioned immigration advice schemes that were examined in the report. It emphasises that it is far more costly to accommodate people who would be destitute than to pay for good quality legal advice, and leads to better community cohesion, better public health, and better economic outcomes.