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The latest news from Law Centres is published here.

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Law Centre news

• Speak up against hatred and discrimination, urges Chesterfield Law Centre
  The Law Centre organised Chesterfield's local Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration event
• Gloucester Law Centre highlights effects of legal aid cuts on local people
  In an article to local newspaper The Citizen, the Law Centre explains the issues at stake with the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (LASPO)
• Camden Community Law Centre ‘horrified’ at Council funding cuts
  Last week Camden Council confirmed a 60% cut to the local Law Centre's funding, which will lead to loss of services
• “One law for the rich, another for the poor?”
  Harrow Law Centre speaks out against proposed cuts to legal aid for social welfare law advice.
• Avon and Bristol Law Centre wins landmark case at Social Security Upper Tribunal
  Firuta Vasile, a Romanian Big Issue seller, won the right to claim housing benefit after Judge ruled her work amounted to self-employment
• Avon and Bristol Law Centre request for Judicial Review in asylum case granted
  The Law Centre hopes a favorable outcome may iron-out inconsistencies in the decision-making processes around asylum cases, and pave the way for hundreds of other people at risk in their own country to stay in the United Kingdom.
• Letter sent to The Times urges Peers to protect Legal Aid where it matters most
  A number of organisations from across the advice sector sign a letter sent to the Times urging peers to protect legal aid where it matters most- amongst the signatories is Ruth Hayes, co-chair of the Law Centres Federation.
• Lord Hunt joins as Patron of Birmingham Law Centre
  The former legal aid minister and Labour peer has chosen to stand by the Law Centre at a critical time, as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is being debated in the House of Lords
• MP Welcomes Harrow Law Centre Award
  At the recent Law Centres annual conference Harrow Law Centre was awarded the first Reita Clarke Memorial Award for its rapid establishment in its community.
• Nottingham Law Centre challenges Justice Secretary and local MP
  The challenge to Kenneth Clarke QC comes in the wake of controversial remarks he made in a recent interview, suggesting that lawyers' opposition to legal aid cuts was disingenuous.
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