Workers Can Win: an interview with Ian Allinson
GMLC interviewed Ian Allinson, author of upcoming book Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising At Work. The book intends to offer practical support for workers to get involved with…
The Bill of Rights: what does it mean for human rights?
GMLC campaign volunteer Judy Sutton analyses the government’s plan to scrap and replace the Human Rights Act 1998, explaining the proposed changes and why they are a risk to all…
“If the prime minister perseveres with his latest right to buy plan, it will exacerbate the housing crisis.”
In this article, first published in the June 2022 issue of Legal Action magazine, barrister Patricia Tueje argues that the government’s new Right to Buy plans will worsen the housing…
Why Judicial Review needs to be protected
Judicial review is a key form of legal claim that enables people to challenge unfair government policies or breaches of human rights. This government’s Judicial Review Bill is an attack…
APPG’s Long Covid report and findings: do they go far enough?
On 30 November 2021, GMLC gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to the APPG on Coronavirus. Latest estimates suggest 1.5m people in the UK are living…
Algorithmic injustice: an interview with Rick Burgess from GMCDP
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) are currently taking legal action against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to highlight the potential discrimination in their algorithm for detecting…
Guidance on keeping workplaces safe from Covid from March 2022
From 1 April 2022, many of the measures designed to control the spread of Covid across England will be removed. Despite this, Covid continues to exist, and in addition to…
#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…
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…
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…