GMLC joins the thousands of people who rallied to Manchester City Centre to mark 200 years since the Peterloo massacre and demand ‘democratic reform in the 21st century.’ The event commemorated the gathering of 60,000 people, united by demands for parliamentary reform and political representation of Manchester, which resulted in the deaths of at least…
We have been working with journalist Ruth F Hunt to shed light on the lack of legal aid in austerity Britain. We thank Ruth for this important work and for recent coverage in the Morning Star – see the full article here. Excerpts of the article are summarised and re-posted here with permission. Legal aid is…
The Greater Manchester Law Centre supports Unite Community in its campaign to stop Universal Credit and to demand a supportive social security system that is fair and treats people in a humane way. Read on for more information about Unite Community’s campaign. You can also read more about our work with the campaign group Disabled…
Young Legal Aid Lawyers and the All Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid’s joint campaign #TakeYourMPToWork has seen MP’s across the country get up close and personal with the reality of legal aid provision. Last week Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston spent the day with GMLC learning about the effect of legal aid cuts in…
The Greater Manchester Law Centre will be taking our banner on the March for Democracy: we will assemble at Whitworth Park, Oxford Rd, Manchester M14 4PW at 11:30am on Sunday 18th August. All of our supporters and invited to join us. GMLC will be taking part in the Peterloo March for Democracy on Sunday 18th August.…
Legal Aid has been in the spotlight. Headlines have lamented the closure of half of all law centres and not-for-profit legal advice services and lawyers, politicians, community groups and campaigners have reflected on the 70-year anniversary of the introduction of legal aid. The devastating news broke that Lambeth Law Centre is closing after several decades…
The Greater Manchester Law Centre supports the national day of action to #STOPUniversalCredit on 1st August 2019. Local actions have been organised in Manchester by Manchester Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) and Unite Community Union. Find out about the DPAC event in St Peters Square, Thursday 1 August 2019, 13:00-15:00 here Find out about…
By Liz Davis Liz is a campaign volunteer with GMLC and hopes to assist the law centre with their continuing fight for free access to justice. She is a future trainee solicitor with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors. At GMLC we fight for everyone’s right to a secure home and we fight for a supportive social…
The Justice First Fellowship Scheme was established by the Legal Education Foundation to support the next generation of students committed to public interest and social justice issues who want to pursue a career in social welfare law. We are thrilled to announce that the Greater Manchester Law Centre are able to offer a training contract…
“GMLC believes that renting a property is as dangerous as driving a car and tenants should have the same protection against dangerous landlords as we do against dangerous drivers.” Sign the petition to support the campaign for landlord licensing: starting with Manchester We fight for everyone’s right to a secure home. This means supporting homeless…