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What is ‘union busting’ and what are your protections from it?

Campaigns, Employment, In the News, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre26 February 2026

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have accused Rockstar, the tech company currently working on Grand Theft Auto 6, of ‘union busting’ in sacking 31 of their employees.…

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What is the Renters Rights Act and when will it come into force?

Housing, In the News, Our services, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre15 January 2026

In October 2025, the government finally passed the long-awaited Renters Rights Act, which will significantly reform the housing sector – particularly the private rented sector. The changes it makes will…

Manchester City Council spends most on landlord incentives of any local authority in the country – what does this mean?

Campaigns, Housing, In the News, Our servicesBy Greater Manchester Law Centre15 September 2025

GMLC comments on the widely reported news that Manchester City Council spend more than any other local authority on ‘incentive’ payments to landlords, explaining the context and giving a case…

Image shows GMLC staff and volunteers attending a disability rights demonstration on Market Street in Manchester holding a GMLC banner.

On the disability benefit cuts (the ‘Universal Credit Bill’)

Campaigns, In the News, Volunteers, Welfare benefitsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre15 August 2025

GMLC campaign volunteer Elliot Ross writes on the Universal Credit Bill currently making its way through Parliament, following a dramatic day in Parliament in June 2025 where significant concessions were…

Image shows a police officer standing close and reaching out for a person whose face is obscured by a black face covering and a keffiyeh scarf. In the foreground and background, people film the scene with phone cameras.

Police are using artificial face recognition technology at protests – but is it lawful?

Campaigns, In the News, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre7 July 2025

GMLC campaign volunteer Mariam Hussain reflects on her research into the use of face recognition technologies at protests, arguing that we need legislation to clarify the legality of its use…

Stand firm against the disability benefit cuts

Campaigns, GMLC news, In the News, Welfare benefitsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre30 June 2025

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…

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GMLC joins trade unions in saying no to the proscription of Palestine Action

Campaigns, GMLC news, In the News, Legal AidBy Greater Manchester Law Centre30 June 2025

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…

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On the eviction of the St Peter’s Square homeless camp

Campaigns, GMLC news, Housing, In the NewsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre13 February 2025

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…

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Justice Short-Changed: new report from the Bar Council

Campaigns, In the News, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre18 September 2024

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…

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Defend the right to protest: updates on Liberty’s case against the government

Campaigns, In the News, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre24 July 2024

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…

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