Tackling Disrepair: Why Enforcement Matters
Today, we release our Housing Justice Network research report into the enforcement of disrepair for tenants, which has been 6 months in the making. The Housing Justice Network is a…
Fighting together for free access to justice
We at the GMLC are a campaigning organisation. We are actively fighting Government cuts to legal aid and for the restoration of funding and support for all who need legal advice and representation. We are also fighting to change Government welfare reform policy. The vulnerable in our community face real hardship, and we are using our experience enact real change through strategic litigation. On this page you can find out all about our campaigning activities.
Today, we release our Housing Justice Network research report into the enforcement of disrepair for tenants, which has been 6 months in the making. The Housing Justice Network is a…
GMLC campaign volunteer Nick Sloan considers whether we need rent controls in privately rented housing in England and Wales. It is no secret that more people are renting in the…
GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin gives her opinion on the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which she is currently studying towards, and considers its effects on access to justice and…
As the government pushes for an even harsher benefit sanctions regime, GMLC campaign volunteer Tammy Ho writes on the DWP’s recent report into sanctions’ (in)effectiveness. A report published by…
GMLC campaign volunteers Akinola Akinyanju and Rosie Coan summarise the Dying Homeless Project’s new report into deaths of homeless people in 2022. Introduction For over a year, Greater Manchester…
GMLC’s Housing Campaign Volunteer Lead Rosie Coan summarises her day in London at the Renters Reform Coalition Day of Action. On Tuesday 21 March I joined the Renters’ Reform…
As the cost-of-living crisis hit and energy prices rose in April 2022, the government launched a campaign to encourage low-income pensioners to apply for Pension Credit, which is a form…
GMLC’s Welfare Benefits Supervisor Dan Manville reacts to the April 2023 budget announced yesterday, looking at proposed welfare reforms and what it might mean for benefits claimants, including those who…
GMLC campaign volunteer Nick Sloan spoke to Lord John Hendy KC about the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill and its dangers – with additions and explanation by Jake Marshall.…
In this article, GMLC employment campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams considers the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill and analyses the consequences of inadequate legislation, as well as suggesting how the law could…