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3 March 2021
Labour surrenders to Tories in Devon
Devon County Council majority Tory group has passed a budget with a 4.99% rise in the council tax. This is the maximum allowed under government rules, and is a tax that hits those on low incomes.
3 March 2021
Stop domestic abuse service closures in Brighton
Brighton and Hove council is removing funding from domestic abuse services at a time they are most needed
3 March 2021
Public sector workers respond to the budget
"The financial outlook is volatile." This (under)statement, in Essex County Council's budget document for 2021, could be the strapline for the future of all local government services.
26 February 2021
Thirty five years ago Liverpool's council was leading a mass movement against Thatcher's Tory government.
24 February 2021
Tories admit guilt for asylum seeker neglect
Today I received a letter from the Home Secretary Priti Patel. The letter is a weak and pathetic attempt by the home secretary to deflect criticism away from her government's negligent policy
24 February 2021
W. Sussex children's centres on the chopping block
Conservative West Sussex County Council is planning to axe 32 children's centres and twelve youth centres
24 February 2021
Liverpool Unite branch supports 'no cuts' budget strategy
On Friday 19 February, the branch meeting of Liverpool Unite union voted to refuse to endorse any of Labour's prospective Liverpool mayoral candidates
24 February 2021
Save John Carroll Leisure Centre
John Carroll Leisure Centre, in the working-class Radford area of Nottingham, is threatened with closure in the latest £15.6m of cuts proposed by Nottingham Labour Council
17 February 2021
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10 February 2021
Hackney schools workers to strike
Members of the Unite union and the National Education Union will be taking strike action at Colvestone and Thomas Fairchild Schools in Hackney, London on 10, 11 and 12 February over job losses and reorganisation
10 February 2021
York couriers call on council for protection from "fear of dismissal"
Key-working couriers are currently locked in a battle against York city council in a bid to protect our income - and jobs
3 February 2021
Save our square: we need social housing and public services
Waltham Forest Labour council in East London approved plans to build a block of unaffordable, private housing on Walthamstow town square
3 February 2021
Stop Labour council's eviction of Stratford Circus arts centre
Newham's Labour council has evicted Stratford Circus arts centre. On 30 January members of East London Socialist Party joined a protest, socially distanced and wearing masks, against the eviction of the
3 February 2021
Launching a political alternative to cuts, poverty and job losses
TUSC conference: Councils are facing a new, Covid-driven cash crisis - a financial 'black hole' of up to £2.2 billion, along with an average 5% increase in council tax and other increased service charges.
28 January 2021
Usdaw conference stripped of democracy by leadership
Usdaw's executive decided to strip back the 2021 conference
27 January 2021
Save Our Square from New Labour gentrification
Community campaign Save Our Square E17 has successfully resisted Waltham Forest Labour council's plans to build a monster block in Walthamstow town square for six years
13 January 2021
Ryan Aldred: Why I'm standing for Usdaw's EC
With Covid decimating the retail sector, it is vital that Usdaw takes a lead in organising retail and distribution workers in supermarkets, high street chains and smaller, independent businesses.
6 January 2021
Nottingham City Council: Major battles against cuts ahead
Nottingham's Labour Council faces a decisive choice: whether it defends services, jobs and terms and conditions, or implements major cuts.
9 December 2020
Welsh trades councils rally against the pay-freeze
Speakers from several unions called for an end to the public sector pay freeze.
9 December 2020
South London council workers vote to strike
Greenwich Council housing maintenance staff have returned a thumping 97% 'yes' vote for strike action in a ballot over plans to slash wages by up to £20,000
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4 Mar West London Socialist Party: Dialectical materialism - a theory of change
4 Mar East London Socialist Party: A fighting programme for women's rights and socialism
The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party
Bus workers under attack and fighting back
Manchester indefinite bus strike against 'fire and rehire'
HMRC: Pay deal agreed but at what cost?
Sparks force bosses back but fight continues to stamp out deskilling
Reinstate victimised bus driver Declan Clune
IT workers walkout against 'fire and rehire'
Why we need socialists in London city hall
Stop domestic abuse service closures in Brighton
Swansea BLM protest against racist police brutality
Union fight to save musicians' livelihoods
Labour surrenders to Tories in Devon
Determined to smash the fighting fund target to fuel election challenge in May
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