GMLC 2024 Annual Report out now
Following our successful Annual General Meeting in November at Friends Meeting House in Manchester, GMLC’s annual report is now available online to read. Click here to read the 2024 annual…
Scrap the cap: the benefit cap in 2024 and why it needs to go
Today, GMLC releases our new research report, ‘Scrap the cap: the benefit cap in 2024 and why it needs to go‘. Following the release of the new benefit cap statistics…
Justice Short-Changed: new report from the Bar Council
GMLC campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams summarises the findings of the Bar Council’s 2024 report on public funding of the justice system, ‘Justice Short-Changed‘. The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
GMLC letter to new MPs
This month, GMLC has sent letters to Greater Manchester MPs inviting them to consider working with us on improving policy and practice for their constituents facing legal issues. We reprint…
Defend the right to protest: updates on Liberty’s case against the government
Recently, the human rights organisation Liberty took a case against the Home Office to challenge the last government’s changes to protest law to define ‘serious disruption’ as any disruption which…
Profiteering is breaking the economy
GMLC employment campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams summarises the recent report by Unite the Union on profiteering. What is profiteering? Profiteering occurs when companies take advantage of crises or…
‘Disabled People in the Housing Sector’: a new report
GMLC Campaign Volunteer Lead Eve McLaughlin summarises the May 2024 report released by the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, which outlines the current government approach to…
GMLC 2024 General Election Charter
The Election Charter below is Greater Manchester Law Centre’s perspective on what policy-makers could do in the next government to improve the lives of low-income residents of Greater Manchester. Greater…
A slow violence: immigration control in Greater Manchester
After attending the launch of a new report by Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) and Boaz Trust, GMLC campaign volunteer Deborah Okyere summarises its findings and the insights the…
GMLC nominated for a LawWorks Student Pro Bono award
This year, Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) was proud to be nominated for a LawWorks Student Pro Bono Award for Best Contribution by a Team of Students. For many years,…