Legal aid group founder quits after ‘pressures’

One of the founders of the New Beginning organisation, which has been providing legal advice to people facing repossession of their homes, has quit the group claiming it had come under “external pressures”.

David Hall, the managing director of the Lifeline Ambulance Service, said: “I did not want to resign but it became very clear to me that I had to.”

Two solicitors who were providing free legal services have also left New Beginning.