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Yearly Archives: 2022

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Home Secretary is ordered by the Court to immediately increase Asylum Support payments to £45 per week

GMLC news, In the News, Our services, Public LawBy Greater Manchester Law Centre21 December 2022

On 15 December 2022, the High Court sitting in Manchester heard a legal challenge to the 2022 rate of weekly asylum support payments made to asylum seekers under s95 Immigration…

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High Court declares Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to meet asylum seekers’ essential living needs

GMLC news, Our services, Public LawBy Greater Manchester Law Centre16 December 2022

The High Court has today ruled that the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acted and is continuing to act unlawfully by failing in her legal duty to provide for the…

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‘Access denied’: a new report from the Bar Council

Campaigns, Legal Aid, Students, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre13 December 2022

GMLC campaign volunteer Avaia Nightingale Williams summarises the findings of the Bar Council’s report on the state of justice following 10 years of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of…

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Social housing providers and Freedom of Information

Campaigns, Housing, PressBy Greater Manchester Law Centre7 December 2022

This month, Greater Manchester Law Centre’s proposed amendment to the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill in Parliament has been raised in the House of Commons and debated in the committees. The…

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Student social welfare careers event at the University of Manchester

Campaigns, Events, Legal Aid, Students, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre30 November 2022

From 6 – 8pm on 8 December 2022, GMLC and the University of Manchester Pro Bono Society will be holding a careers event in the Williamson Law Common Room. Anyone…

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Report from GMLC’s 2022 AGM

Campaigns, Events, GMLC news, Our servicesBy Greater Manchester Law Centre23 November 2022

GMLC’s Campaigns Officer Kate Bradley summarises GMLC’s 2022 AGM. This year’s GMLC AGM on Tuesday 22 November 2022 saw over 50 attendees join us to talk about the Law Centre’s…

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Shocking findings from a new report into temporary accommodation

Campaigns, Housing, In the NewsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre10 November 2022

GMLC campaign volunteer Jake Marshall summarises the findings of an October 2022 Smith Institute report on homelessness and temporary accommodation, giving particular attention to Greater Manchester.   Written at a…

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The importance of access to justice in the cost-of-living crisis

Campaigns, In the News, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre24 October 2022

GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin explains why a lack of access to justice has real impacts on people experiencing difficulties because of the rising cost of living, and suggests policy…

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GMLC is hiring: Housing Solicitor needed!

GMLC news, Housing, JobsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre17 October 2022

GMLC is looking for a Housing Solicitor to join our Housing team full-time. This is an exciting opportunity to work with the individuals and communities across Greater Manchester affected by…

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Timson: judicial review finds DWP deductions from benefits unlawful

Campaigns, In the News, Universal Credit, Volunteers, Welfare benefitsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre11 October 2022

GMLC campaign volunteer Eleni Founta summarises the recent case of Timson, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022], in which a disabled woman…

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