Fighting on at a crucial time for legal aid
Legal Aid has been in the spotlight. Headlines have lamented the closure of half of all law centres and not-for-profit legal advice services and lawyers, politicians, community groups and campaigners…
Stop Universal Credit, fight the Digital Workhouse: 1st August 2019
The Greater Manchester Law Centre supports the national day of action to #STOPUniversalCredit on 1st August 2019. Local actions have been organised in Manchester by Manchester Disabled People Against…
Samuels v Birmingham City Council: What are benefits for?
By Liz Davis Liz is a campaign volunteer with GMLC and hopes to assist the law centre with their continuing fight for free access to justice. She is a future…
Justice First Fellowship Training Contract with GMLC: Applications open mid-August
The Justice First Fellowship Scheme was established by the Legal Education Foundation to support the next generation of students committed to public interest and social justice issues who want to…
We support the campaign for mandatory landlord licensing
“GMLC believes that renting a property is as dangerous as driving a car and tenants should have the same protection against dangerous landlords as we do against dangerous drivers.” Sign…
UN rapporteur: the devastating relationship between legal aid cuts, poverty and ‘the systematic immiseration of millions’
By Brocho Nemetsky Brocho is a volunteer at the GMLC. She is interested in learning about our rights, and helping others to do the same. She works as a paralegal…
To Manchester City Council: take a stand against the PSPO
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 council officer can issue a…
Supporting the next generation of social welfare lawyers
In April 2019, we released our manifesto, declaring that we will not allow legal aid cuts to be the death of the social welfare lawyer. We said: “We strive to…