GMLC accredited by Zero Hours Justice campaign
Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) has now been accredited as a No Zero Hours Employer. This is in recognition of the fact that we do not employ any of our…
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#KillTheBill: interview with protest lawyer Simon Pook
GMLC has been opposing the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill as part of the Kill the Bill Coalition in Greater Manchester. The PCSC Bill is a severe threat…
GMLC won £1 million for our benefits clients in 2021!
Figures from the end of the year showed that GMLC won over £1 million for benefits clients in 2021. This was mostly through our support with appeals, where clients can…
Stop the PCSC Bill before it stops (and searches) you!
As the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill reaches its final stages in Parliament, GMLC volunteer contributor Jess Roper reflects on the significance of its controversial stop and search…
“You’re constantly worrying about losing your job”
Employers are legally obliged to provide reasonable adjustments for employees with a disability that meets legal criteria, including medium to long-term mental health conditions. Many of the people who call…
Benefits ‘fraud and error’: four stories that don’t fit the narrative
Kate Bradley and Leyya Kitmitto outline the problems with the category ‘fraud and error’, and highlight four cases that disturb the usual narratives about benefit fraud. Recently, the Department for…
GMLC gives evidence on Long Covid to the APPG on Coronavirus
On Tuesday 30 November, Greater Manchester Law Centre gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to an All-Party Parliamentary Group, the APPG on Coronavirus. We gave evidence…
Fighting for our Rights after Covid: GMLC AGM 2021 Report
On 23 November at 6pm, GMLC conducted its first ever hybrid Annual General Meeting, with over 55 attendees spread across the event in person and online. We set up a…
Does Living Wage Week help us deliver employment rights?
Above: graphs from the IPPR report ‘No Longer Managing’, showing increases in the likelihood of poverty in working households and the dramatic rise in housing costs for poor households since…
The tsunami of Covid evictions is here
GMLC campaign volunteer Callum Ward summarises The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s recent research into possession proceedings, highlighting how the use of mandatory grounds is making people homeless without a chance…