On Tuesday 30 November, Greater Manchester Law Centre gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to an All-Party Parliamentary Group, the APPG on Coronavirus. We gave evidence…
GMLC campaign volunteer Callum Ward summarises The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s recent research into possession proceedings, highlighting how the use of mandatory grounds is making people homeless without a chance…
Campaign volunteer Hoejong Jeong summarises the new Westminster Commission review of legal aid, and asks: whilst it is a welcome reminder of the problems we face, does this report tell…
GMLC Director Jason Tetley writes on the urgent need to stop the Universal Credit cut next week. On Tuesday 6 October, the Universal Credit uplift ends, plunging an additional half…
Have your say! The government is doing a consultation on making life saving drug that reverses effects of heroin overdose available to homelessness services. The consultation closes today, but you…
Following the end of the ‘evictions ban’, we did some research into the social housing sector in Greater Manchester. In this article, we evaluate Social Housing Providers’ responses to our…
Please find below a template letter to ask your MP to vote against the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. This letter is particularly aimed at the residents of…
GMLC and Deighton Pierce Glynn have been representing clients against the Home Office to prevent them from being evicted during the pandemic. The cases have potential repercussions for thousands of…
Guest article by author and barrister David Renton. He specialises in housing, discrimination and employment law. He acts for vulnerable tenants in disrepair possession hearings, and for employees, principally in…
On 13 March 2021, a few of us from the GMLC team took part in Zero Covid campaign’s Day of Action for a Zero Covid strategy. GMLC is affiliated to…