Human rights lawyers, local MPs and Manchester campaigners Access to Advice have called an urgent meeting to curb the “devastating impact” of the government’s Legal Aid Bill as it approaches its final stages in Parliament.
Supporters of human trafficking survivor Mary Adenugba will tonight launch a campaign against the decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to refuse her asylum claim.
Plans to criminalise squatting through the government’s Legal Aid Bill could cost up to £790 million, according to new research commissioned by the campaign group Squatters’ Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH).
Dozens held a solidarity demonstration outside the disused Kro 2 restaurant earlier today following the arrest of six activists who occupied the site in protest against anti-squatting laws and what protestors call “the corporate takeover” of central Manchester.
Plans for fan-owned football club FC United’s new stadium moved one step closer today after supporters achieved their £1.6 million “community shares” funding target.
University of Manchester students are to walk out over postgraduate fee hikes today as part of a “week of action” called for by the National Union of Students.
An evening of film and discussion will take place tonight to commemorate the life of Irish-Mancunian Spanish Civil War fighter George Brown.
