Vigil and debate on Grenfell: “2 years on, No Homes, No Answers, No Justice”
Assemble for the vigil: 6:15pm Friday 14th June 2019 at Bolton Town Hall Debate: 7:30pm at Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St, Bolton BL1 1DY At the Greater Manchester Law…
PCS members “cannot stand idly by while ministers make the job of supporting claimants impossible”
Large and lively picket lines have marked the start of a 2-day strike by Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union members at Walsall and Wolverhampton Universal Credit service centres taking…
Manchester’s PSPO consultation: where we are now
By GMLC volunteer Cecilia Correale What is the PSPO? Manchester City Council are proposing to give themselves new powers using a PSPO. Under these powers any “authorised person” including a…
‘Blatantly discriminatory’ PIP criteria cost £3.6bn and 2.5 years of unnecessary suffering for claimants
GMLC volunteer Thomas Wood looks at the origins of PIP, the 2017 amendment that excluded claimants impaired by psychological distress, and the recent legal challenge that found this guidance ‘blatantly…
The government has created a “hostile environment” for disabled people, new research shows
At the end of June this year, anti-poverty charity Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) published a new report showing how the Government’s harsh policies are preventing disabled and unwell people from getting the…
Cross-city groups hold day of action against Universal Credit evictions
Press Release Issued 18th April 2018 The Greater Manchester Law Centre, Disabled People Against the Cuts, Acorn Tenants’ Union, Unite Community Union and the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People…
Law Centres network to challenge the Ministry of Justice
Changes are being made to housing possession court duty schemes, which provide on-the-day advice and advocacy at court to people facing eviction. The Law Centres network has been granted permission…
Why are criminal barristers refusing Legal Aid work?
“We have to act. We are the only ones that can make this government sit up and listen. They will try to rely on our good nature and the criticism…
Wednesday 14th February: Grenfell Solidarity Rally
The Greater Manchester Law Centre supports this solidarity rally. GMATUC (the representative body for grassroots trades unionists in Greater Manchester) have organised a rally in support of Grenfell residents…
True champion for access to justice Sir Henry Brooke dies at 81
We are very sad to hear of the passing of Sir Henry Brooke, a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. He tweeted last week about his upcoming cardiac valve surgery operation,…