On 31 July 2019, Kate Green MP visited Greater Manchester Law Centre to learn more about early legal advice.
Kate said of her visit:
Informative and useful morning visiting @gmlawcentre as part of #takeyourmptowork campaign to learn about effect of legal aid cuts and priorities for advice work.
As part of our #TakeYourMPToWork Campaign, we've been asking MPs to tell us why they think that early legal advice is important:
On 25 July 2019, Helen Hayes MP visited Centre 70. Centre 70 is a London charity specialising in legal advice on Debt, Welfare Benefits, Housing, Utilities Debt and Student Finance. They also have a counselling service.
Helen is MP for Dulwich and West Norwood.
She told us why early legal advice is important:
Mandy's poem won runner up in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
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Henrietta's essay won runner up in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
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Sam's essay won second prize in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
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Allan's essay won first prize in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
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On Friday 18 July 2019, Will Quince MP, who is MP for Colchester, visited Corum Children's Centre.
Will is a Minister in the Department for Work and Pensions.
On 19 July 2019, Bob Blackman MP visited Brent Law Centre.
Bob is MP for Harrow East, and is is a member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
On Monday 15 July 2019, YLAL and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid launched our Take Your MP to Work Campaign.
We were so pleased to be joined by members of the press as well as Members of Parliament, all of whom were keen to hear about the importance of early legal advice, and our campaign to encourage MPs to see the legal aid frontline.
