COVID-19: Your Employment Rights
The current health situation is wholly unprecedented and so there is no accurate guidelines to go by from past experience. The Government is intervening in an effort to support employers…
The GMLC grew out of a protest against cuts to services offering free legal advice and representation. In recent years the right to legal aid has been subject to permanent assault by successive governments. As a result people have been left without advice and support when they need it most, putting them at the risk of poverty, homelessness and unemployment. On this page you can find out all the latest news from the struggle to restore legal aid.
COVID-19: Making Homelessness Applications
We understand that some local authorities across Greater Manchester have or will be closing their face to face homelessness assessment services. This doesn’t mean that people who are homeless or…
Stop Evictions Now!
We have written to Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor and all local authorities and major housing associations across the region demanding that they take the lead and commit to…
General Election 2019- our response.
Now that the General Election is behind us, Greater Manchester Law Centre implores the incoming Government to secure access to justice for the whole community. The priorities set out in…
Sign up to our Manifesto-“Fighting Together for Free Access to Justice”
At the Greater Manchester Law Centre we have a vision of a fairer society and we believe that every one of us has a part to play. We simply cannot…
General Election 2019: How the big parties weigh in on ‘access to justice’
A month ago we promised to demand that the political parties headed to the General Election commit themselves to ensuring free access to justice for all those who have become…
“Are controversial Council plans fair or do they still discriminate against the homeless?”- Manchester Confidential
Greater Manchester Law Centre’s Housing solicitor, Kathy Cosgrove, spoke to Manchester Confidential about the Council’s proposed PSPO being discriminatory, inhumane and potentially unlawful. AFTER nearly a year, Manchester City…
In solidarity: Bolton Trades Council statement following the fire that engulfed the Cube
The below is a statement from Bolton Trades Council following the fire than engulfed the Cube. That this has happened following the Grenfell Tower tragedy is simply unacceptable. We must fight…
“Anger as government lists Grenfell firm as approved contractor”
The government has placed the builder that oversaw the disastrous refurbishment of Grenfell Tower on an official list of firms recommended to build high-rise housing, a move that has sparked…
Legal aid is crucial in austerity Britain
We have been working with journalist Ruth F Hunt to shed light on the lack of legal aid in austerity Britain. We thank Ruth for this important work and for recent…