Providing quality, free face-to-face legal advice is an essential part of how we support the community. We have an excellent record assisting people in matters relating to housing, employment and welfare benefits. On this page you can find all the latest news relating to our services.
GMLC is delighted to announce that we have been selected as the Manchester Law Society President’s Charity of the Year 2026. The group’s publication, the Manchester Messenger, has a feature…
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…
GMLC’s annual report for this year is now available to read. Highlights are provided below, but you can click here to read the full report.
GMLC’s student volunteer Zayd Tariq won this year’s award at Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards for Best Student Contribution for his work on our Legal Advocacy Student Project (LASP). This…
Rochdale Council has refused a demolition application by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing following a successful Judicial Review by tenants on the Lower Falinge estate. In recent years, the estates of Lower…
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…
Following our successful Annual General Meeting in November at Friends Meeting House in Manchester, GMLC’s annual report is now available online to read. Click here to read the 2024 annual…
This month, GMLC has sent letters to Greater Manchester MPs inviting them to consider working with us on improving policy and practice for their constituents facing legal issues. We reprint…
In the month of International Women’s Day, GMLC campaign volunteer Deborah Okyere examines the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC), an exception in law that aims to mitigate the…
On 21 February 2024, GMLC held a film screening to show the film by Alex Boyd and Nuala Fowler that captured people’s experiences of our ‘Ten Years (In)Justice’ exhibition. The…