GMLC letter to new MPs
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…
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.
The Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession: is it enough?
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…
‘Ten Years (In)Justice’: film and exhibition brochure available now
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…
2023: GMLC secures £1.9 million in welfare benefits gains
In 2023, GMLC helped the residents of Greater Manchester obtain £1.9 million in unclaimed or wrongly refused benefits. This is our highest amount in a single year since GMLC was…
GMLC recruiting for two new staff members for our housing team
Join our housing team and the fight for housing justice! Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is one of the few specialist housing advice agencies in the North West. We don’t…
Josie Hicklin shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award 2023
We are proud to share that Greater Manchester Law Centre’s Solicitor Josie Hicklin has been shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Award. Josie first started at…
Home Secretary is ordered by the Court to immediately increase Asylum Support payments to £45 per week
On 15 December 2022, the High Court sitting in Manchester heard a legal challenge to the 2022 rate of weekly asylum support payments made to asylum seekers under s95 Immigration…
High Court declares Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to meet asylum seekers’ essential living needs
The High Court has today ruled that the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acted and is continuing to act unlawfully by failing in her legal duty to provide for the…
Report from GMLC’s 2022 AGM
GMLC’s Campaigns Officer Kate Bradley summarises GMLC’s 2022 AGM. This year’s GMLC AGM on Tuesday 22 November 2022 saw over 50 attendees join us to talk about the Law Centre’s…
Guidance on keeping workplaces safe from Covid from March 2022
From 1 April 2022, many of the measures designed to control the spread of Covid across England will be removed. Despite this, Covid continues to exist, and in addition to…