Callout for submissions to Access to Justice exhibition
Are you an artist? Do you want to contribute to a community exhibition on access to justice? Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is a not-for-profit provider of legal advice to…
Here we discuss about what we are doing and how we are fighting for free access to justice.
Tackling Disrepair: Why Enforcement Matters
Today, we release our Housing Justice Network research report into the enforcement of disrepair for tenants, which has been 6 months in the making. The Housing Justice Network is a…
Josie Hicklin shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award 2023
We are proud to share that Greater Manchester Law Centre’s Solicitor Josie Hicklin has been shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Award. Josie first started at…
GMLC join the Renters Reform Coalition Day of Action, 21 March 2023
GMLC’s Housing Campaign Volunteer Lead Rosie Coan summarises her day in London at the Renters Reform Coalition Day of Action. On Tuesday 21 March I joined the Renters’ Reform…
GMLC and NAWRA get the DWP moving on Pension Credit delays
As the cost-of-living crisis hit and energy prices rose in April 2022, the government launched a campaign to encourage low-income pensioners to apply for Pension Credit, which is a form…
‘We are at crisis point’: housing advice organisations call on policy-makers to take urgent action
Below is the text of an open letter written by Shelter and GMLC, signed by a range of housing and legal organisations across the Greater Manchester region. This was sent…
Investigating Pension Credit delays: survey results
In December 2022, Greater Manchester Law Centre, in association with the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA), conducted a survey into recent delays in processing Pension Credit claims. Here,…
Home Secretary is ordered by the Court to immediately increase Asylum Support payments to £45 per week
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…
High Court declares Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to meet asylum seekers’ essential living needs
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…
Report from GMLC’s 2022 AGM
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…