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26 January 2022
Eviction resistance on the march in Waltham Forest
Every London borough has thousands of families on housing waiting lists and hundreds of empty homes. The benefit cap and the end of the eviction ban are creating a rising tide of evictions.
26 January 2022
Trade unions and the fight against council cuts
Interview: Unite's strategy on fighting the cuts: Socialist Party member Onay Kasab, recently appointed Lead for Local Government in Unite the Union, spoke to the Socialist
26 January 2022
Hundreds protest to save St Mary's Leisure Centre in Southampton
Southampton Tory council closed St Marys Leisure Centre on 22 December, locking out hundreds of users. They falsely claim that the building requires "millions" to maintain.
26 January 2022
Strike action by Carmarthenshire winter gritters wins concessions from council
Winter gritters working for Carmarthenshire County Council have won big concessions from the council which will now have to adhere to an agreement to pay decent shift allowances that it has been trying to cut back.
26 January 2022
Government figures put inflation at 5.4% in December - the highest in 30 years, and this is an underestimation
19 January 2022
Socialist Party members have continued to show support for striking bin workers in Coventry as the Labour council continues its campaign of disinformation and lies about bin workers' pay
19 January 2022
Newham college strike solid against bully privatisers
Strikers are ready to go the distance and beat 'academisation' at Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc) in east London. Action restarted on 11 January after the Christmas break.
19 January 2022
Mutual aid, the welfare state and the fight for a new mass workers' party
The Covid pandemic and its effects have deepened an already existing social crisis. Ravaged by years of cuts and privatisation, public services have been unable to meet the needs of working-class communities.
19 January 2022
Waltham Forest: Campaign unites families facing eviction
Following threats and evictions of women and their families in Waltham Forest, east London, the trades council's Housing Action Network met on 5 January to discuss the defence of residents who may be forced out of their homes.
19 January 2022
Newham council rejects using 0.03% of reserves to fund arts
I was part of the deputation from the North and East London branch of performing arts union Equity to a Newham Council cabinet meeting
19 January 2022
Birmingham: Cuts consultations replaced by computer game
Birmingham City Council traditionally holds public consultations on its annual budget, but for 2022 it has decided to change the format
Coventry bin workers on strike, January 2022, photo by Dave Nellist
12 January 2022
Socialist Party members joined the picket lines of striking bin workers in Coventry fighting for better pay. January 2022
12 January 2022
People's Budget: We beat council cuts before, we will again
Leeds Labour council is preparing to pass on another round of Tory austerity.
12 January 2022
Carmarthenshire gritters take action as Plaid-led council reneges on agreement
Pickets were out for a second day on 6 January at Carmarthenshire County council depots Nantglas, Crosshands, Cillefwr, Carmarthen and Llandovery, in a dispute by gritting crews
6 January 2022
Trinity Centre: Shameful eviction by Newham council
On 22 December, local groups in Canning Town in east London - tutoring for kids who've fallen out of the school system, a food bank, and religious groups - found their community centre locked up by Newham Council
15 December 2021
Coventry bin workers strike against Christmas holiday cut
Coventry bin workers have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over low pay and an attempt by the Labour-run council to wreck the bin workers' Christmas.
15 December 2021
Nana's eviction: Community vs heartless Labour council
On 7 December, a bitterly cold and rainy morning, bailiffs left Nana Yaa and her autistic son Jason on the streets with nowhere to go
15 December 2021
Save St Mary's Leisure Centre in Southampton
Southampton Council says its priority is our health and wellbeing, but it seems St Mary's can do without
8 December 2021
Building People's Budgets: An alternative to Tory and Labour cuts
As local authorities begin discussing their 2022-23 spending, the scale of cuts being prepared can be seen
8 December 2021
Challenge cutters and evictors in Waltham Forest Council
How can we mount a challenge to the cutters and the evictors in Waltham Forest Council? On 5 December, there were people from many different campaigns and trade unions at a meeting organised by the Trade
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