10.12.21 – respond and change.
We are told our views are valued and our input important – has austerity meant that local authorities can’t afford to listen to us though? November marked a decade since…
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Christmas opening times 2021
We will be operating a reduced service over Christmas and the New Year. Our offices will be open as follows: Thursday 23 December: 10am–2pm by appointment only; phone lines 10.30–11.30am…
Today the Nationality and Borders Bill passes Third Reading in the Commons.
The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, with Second Reading taking place on 5th January 2022. This thread tells us some key things about the bill: Here are…
3.9 million tenants in English Social Housing – lets shout.
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has launched an inquiry examining the quality and regulation of social housing in England. If a housing association or council is your landlord this comes…
1000s of Londoners affected by SWEP
Today, Friday 26.11.21, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has activated its SWEP protocol. STEP stands for Severe Weather Emergency Protocol and is the mechanism used to reduce deaths on our…
Legal advice is needed.
It is easily said and harder to do. When a situation is overwhelming terms like “self help” and “empowerment” can be suffocating. Expert legal advice must always be available. This…
Plans to scrap privacy laws
Open Rights Group held a briefing meeting this week on data discrimination highlighting Government plans to scrap GDPR privacy laws will unleash data discrimination against workers, children, students and more –…
Hearing about things locally, nationally or globally and thinking “that isn’t just” and not realising things I was experiencing were also unjust.
I had bad employment with an abusive boss and a landlord who kicked my door in and left me without gas and electric for weeks. Things didn’t seem just but I found…
Ilnta Tzepetziou
Ilnta first volunteered for the Law Centre in 2018/19 when she was a student. Once a week, she worked alongside the branch team helping with various administrative tasks. She enjoyed the…
Alex Choi
Student, Alex, has been volunteering at the Law Centre since October 2019. Whilst completing his studies in Law at Goldsmiths University, he also works alongside the money advice team once…