Overview

The Government’s Plan for Growth, announced as part of the Budget on 23 March 2011, aims to put the UK "on a path to sustainable, long term growth". Law is seen as a central part of this vision - the Legal Services sector generated £23.1 billion or 1.8% of the UK’s gross domestic product in 2009 and constituted £3.2 billion in exports – nearly three times more than a decade earlier.

The Government's Action Plan sets out the UK legal services' strengths, what has been done so far to encourage growth and future activities to promote the UK as "a centre of legal excellence" both at home and abroad.

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