Ask your MP to oppose the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021
Please find below a template letter to ask your MP to vote against the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. This letter is particularly aimed at the residents of…
GMLC signs open letter to Andy Burnham: establish a GM Land Commission!
GMLC has signed the following open letter alongside at least 58 other organisations. You can see the full list of signatories here. To Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, A…
GMLC High Court case: 4000 asylum seekers protected from Covid evictions
GMLC and Deighton Pierce Glynn have been representing clients against the Home Office to prevent them from being evicted during the pandemic. The cases have potential repercussions for thousands of…
Not just paying LIP service: GMLC widens employment advice services
A key demand of GMLC’s manifesto is the restoration of Legal Aid to ensure access to free legal advice and representation across Greater Manchester. This is particularly true in the…
The Justice Gap widens: unemployment and debt during the Covid-19 pandemic
Cover picture: bus workers on strike in April 2021 following their employer Go North West’s decision to use ‘Fire and Rehire’ tactics, laying off workers and then offering them new…
Three times GMLC won for benefits claimants in Greater Manchester
For several years, GMLC has been working hard to provide help, advice and representation to Greater Manchester residents navigating a complex and often punitive welfare benefits system. One of the…
Covid-19 exposes an ongoing welfare crisis
GMLC has been campaigning against cuts to Universal Credit and in favour of an increase to all welfare benefits. We have been collecting photos of what £20 buys for our…
Online injustice during Covid-19
Guest article by author and barrister David Renton. He specialises in housing, discrimination and employment law. He acts for vulnerable tenants in disrepair possession hearings, and for employees, principally in…
The injustices of the justice system: three recent examples
Law student and GMLC’s campaign volunteer lead, Hoejong Jeong, considers the barriers that stand in the way of ordinary people getting access to justice, looking at three recent case studies…
Zero Covid Day of Action, 13 March 21: No More Social Murder!
On 13 March 2021, a few of us from the GMLC team took part in Zero Covid campaign’s Day of Action for a Zero Covid strategy. GMLC is affiliated to…