Stand firm against the disability benefit cuts
This week, the government will vote on the controversial new reforms to the welfare system proposed by ministers in March this year. These reforms as they were first tabled included…
Here we discuss about what we are doing and how we are fighting for free access to justice.
GMLC joins trade unions in saying no to the proscription of Palestine Action
Today, the government intends to lay a draft order in Parliament that would, if finalised, proscribe Palestine Action, an activist group that uses direct action to interfere wit the supply…
On the eviction of the St Peter’s Square homeless camp
Some may have seen in the news this week that on Tuesday 11 February 2025, His Honour Judge Bird ruled that the homeless camp in St Peter’s Square can be…
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…
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…
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…
‘Ten Years (In)Justice’: film and exhibition brochure available now
On 21 February 2024, GMLC held a film screening to show the film by Alex Boyd and Nuala Fowler that captured people’s experiences of our ‘Ten Years (In)Justice’ exhibition. The…
2023: GMLC secures £1.9 million in welfare benefits gains
In 2023, GMLC helped the residents of Greater Manchester obtain £1.9 million in unclaimed or wrongly refused benefits. This is our highest amount in a single year since GMLC was…
GMLC recruiting for two new staff members for our housing team
Join our housing team and the fight for housing justice! Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is one of the few specialist housing advice agencies in the North West. We don’t…