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23 May 2012
Back to work? How the system fails the unemployed
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a slight fall in unemployment. But behind that headline are trends that indicate the impact of the Con-Dems' cuts.
Campaigns are taking place across Britain to save children's services, photo by Socialist Party
23 May 2012
Con-Dems' hypocrisy over children's care
Tory MP Elizabeth Truss has lamented the lack of quality, affordable childcare. She should know - her Con-Dem government have all but wiped out children's services in some parts of the country.
29 February 2012
Stop North East NHS childcare cuts
Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland's primary care trusts are now working under a single management team, which is threatening to end all children's in-patient services in Gateshead and South Tyneside for cases where over 23 hours of care is needed
15 February 2012
Unaffordable jobs: 31% of private sector firms are planning to make redundancies this quarter according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)...
6 February 2012
All 39 Sure Start centres in Manchester have been saved following a mammoth year-long battle by parents and staff against the council
27 January 2012
'Save Manchester Sure Start' hosted conference
Campaigners from across the north-west and beyond fighting to save Sure Start children's centres held a very successful conference on 7th January, writes Rosie Heaton
1500 marched on the Fawcett Society demonstration 19 November to tell the government
23 November 2011
Women: sick of sexism, discrimination and cuts?
It doesn't have to be like this!: On 30 November millions of workers will participate in what is likely to be the biggest coordinated strike action since the 1926 general strike, writes Eleanor Donne, Socialist Women steering committee.
14 September 2011
Childcare costs push parents into hardship
Tory/Lib Dem claims to support families in Britain are looking increasingly threadbare as a recent study by Save the Children and the Daycare Trust shows...
Sure Start protest in Manchester, photo by Hugh Caffrey
3 March 2011
Sure Start campaign in Manchester builds momentum
Forty Sure Start centres across Manchester face closure and privatisation as the city council carries out the government spending cuts at the expense of jobs and services
29 September 2010
Children's homes: Bosses' 'Tribalism' defeated
IN SEPTEMBER the government cancelled the contract for delivering improvement in children's homes with venture capital backed Tribal Group...
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