New UC Claim? Don’t forget to check your journal
It is estimated that 94,000 people across Greater Manchester have been forced to claim Universal Credit as a result of the COVID19 Pandemic, many for the first time. The initial new…
COVID-19: Survival Guide
Greater Manchester Law Centre has developed the attached guide to support residents and support organisations to assist people through the current health emergency. This guide will be updated regularly as…
COVID-19: Developing our Community Response
Housing Advice We are working with Manchester Tenants Union, Greater Manchester Housing Action and other campaigners to ensure that no-one loses their home as a result of the current crisis. The…
COVID-19: Our Demands
The unprecedented health crisis caused by COVID-19 has ensured that the Government has announced a radical package of measures in response. Greater Manchester Law Centre welcomes many of these as…
Advertising Standards Agency bans DWP’s “misleading” adverts
Earlier this year we publicised the DWP’s attempt to con the public into believing that Universal Credit is not only a good idea, but that it works. Whilst we know…
Vicious new powers attack the homeless
A full version of this article by Ruth Hunt appeared in the Morning Star. This extract is re-posted here with permission. Ruth F Hunt is a freelance journalist and an…
“How the DWP is silencing dissent”
This article by Ruth Hunt appeared in the Morning Star and is re-posted here with permission. Ruth F Hunt is a freelance journalist and an author. With austerity…
We support Unite’s campaign to stop Universal Credit
The Greater Manchester Law Centre supports Unite Community in its campaign to stop Universal Credit and to demand a supportive social security system that is fair and treats people in…
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…
Another successful challenge to government welfare policy
by GMLC volunteer Alex McColl R (Johnson & Ors) v SSWP [2019] EWHC 23 (Admin) In January this year, four single mothers won a case in the High Court against…