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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
15h ago
A Call to Action Last year, 2024, marked the 40th anniversary of the strike and occupation at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, Merseyside. On 16 August 2024, the Justice for Cammell Laird 37 Campaign was re-established, inspired by the recent success of the campaign for justice for the imprisoned Shrewsbury pickets and determined to [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
6d ago
Government’s housing plan is a national disgrace. Image from Shared Health Foundation Yesterday, the Government announced it would inject £350 million to the Affordable Homes Programme to build 1,400 homes for social rent and 250 additional council homes to provide ‘homes for those in need of better-quality temporary accommodation.’ Angela Raynor herself accepted that there are 1.3 [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
1w ago
PILC hosted their first Gentrification Project workshop on cross-subsidy estate demolition and ‘affordable housing products’ on Saturday 8th February at PILC HQ. ‘A brilliant workshop…insightful, engaging and highly needed for those that are actively advocating for social housing’ Haringey Community Org Over the weekend, we were delighted to welcome activists from across several London housing [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
2w ago
Defend our Juries launched their ‘Free Political Prisoners’ campaign in response to the sentencing of Just Stop Oil protesters. Their aims are to 1 To put a stop to the role of arms and oil industry lobbyists, such as Lord Walney, in drafting laws that criminalise those who expose the violence and lies of those [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
2w ago
Temporary Accommodation resident takes London Mayor to High Court over plans to reduce social rent homes on Newham estate On 27 January 2025 a temporary accommodation resident who lives in Custom House and is part of local campaign group People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH) issued a claim at the High Court seeking to [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
2w ago
'The British Government ignored public health warnings and undermined the pandemic response' Our witness Anna Miller from Doctors of the world testified this month that the Govt ignored advice to defend Public Health instead prioritising anti-migrant policies. NHS charges remained for non-residents and a failure to firewall data-sharing with the Home Office deepened the hostile [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
3w ago
This month, the Public Accounts Committee released a report on homelessness and while it did not tell us anything new, it is clear that England desperately needs homes which are truly affordable. Some of the PILC team have already begun the year supporting residents taking legal action against Lambeth Council for forcing out over 160 [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
3w ago
Lambeth Council taken to High Court over letting council properties on the private market A private resident of Central Hill estate in south London issued a claim for Judicial Review on 18 December 2024 against Lambeth Council. This person is one of potentially hundreds of tenants facing eviction across 5 Lambeth estates that are earmarked [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
5M ago
Arthur Murray, third from left. Rest in Power Arthur Murray (1934-2024) The Public Interest Law Centre is very sad to hear of the passing of Arthur Murray who was a key figure in the fight for justice for the Shrewsbury 24 pickets. Alongside Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren, Arthur was jailed for his trade union [...]
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Public Interest Law Centre Blog
6M ago
Earlier this month, the Covid-19 Inquiry published its first interim report on the UK’s preparedness for the pandemic. PILC’s Legal Director, Paul Heron, shares his view. Ten years of austerity and a government on a mission to underfund and undermine its own public services left the health service unprepared and under resourced for the Covid-19 [...]
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