COVID-19: Making Homelessness Applications
We understand that some local authorities across Greater Manchester have or will be closing their face to face homelessness assessment services. This doesn’t mean that people who are homeless or…
We at the GMLC are a campaigning organisation. We are actively fighting Government cuts to legal aid and for the restoration of funding and support for all who need legal advice and representation. We are also fighting to change Government welfare reform policy. The vulnerable in our community face real hardship, and we are using our experience enact real change through strategic litigation. On this page you can find out all about our campaigning activities.
Stop Evictions Now!
We have written to Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor and all local authorities and major housing associations across the region demanding that they take the lead and commit to…
Say No to the PSPO!
Despite widespread criticism Manchester City Council is continuing with its planned Public Space Protection Order for the City Centre. Greater Manchester Law Centre remains opposed to the PSPO – our…
General Election 2019 – our response
Now that the General Election is behind us, Greater Manchester Law Centre implores the incoming Government to secure access to justice for the whole community. The priorities set out in…
Sign up to our Manifesto – “Fighting Together for Free Access to Justice”
At the Greater Manchester Law Centre we have a vision of a fairer society and we believe that every one of us has a part to play. We simply cannot…
General Election 2019: How the big parties weigh in on ‘access to justice’
A month ago we promised to demand that the political parties headed to the General Election commit themselves to ensuring free access to justice for all those who have become…
“Are controversial Council plans fair or do they still discriminate against the homeless?”- Manchester Confidential
Greater Manchester Law Centre’s Housing solicitor, Kathy Cosgrove, spoke to Manchester Confidential about the Council’s proposed PSPO being discriminatory, inhumane and potentially unlawful. AFTER nearly a year, Manchester City…
In solidarity: Bolton Trades Council statement following the fire that engulfed the Cube
The below is a statement from Bolton Trades Council following the fire than engulfed the Cube. That this has happened following the Grenfell Tower tragedy is simply unacceptable. We must fight…
“Anger as government lists Grenfell firm as approved contractor”
The government has placed the builder that oversaw the disastrous refurbishment of Grenfell Tower on an official list of firms recommended to build high-rise housing, a move that has sparked…
Advertising Standards Agency bans DWP’s “misleading” adverts
Earlier this year we publicised the DWP’s attempt to con the public into believing that Universal Credit is not only a good idea, but that it works. Whilst we know…