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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.
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
12 January 2022
10,000 tube workers vote to strike over jobs, terms and pension cuts
London Underground bosses refused to give assurances on jobs, pensions and working conditions.
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.
15 December 2021
Tory cuts and privatisation leave NHS in crisis
15% pay rise - end staff shortages: Despite already losing 610 NHS beds in Devon, there are plans to cut even more.
15 December 2021
Guards fight for their grades on CrossCountry rail
Guards are putting up a robust defence of their grades as CrossCountry management attempts to train up managers to cover guards' duties.
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
8 December 2021
Mail attacks tube strikers by stealing socialist's image
The Daily Mail's distain for working-class people will not surprise many of our readers, neither will its shoddy journalism
1 December 2021
Khan threatens further London transport cuts
"With time running out before TfL's [Transport for London] temporary emergency funding deal comes to an end on December 11, it is my duty as London mayor to sound the alarm." An alarm in the pages of the Financial Times, unfortunately, won't reach the ears of many Londoners
1 December 2021
Nottingham and Mansfield trade unions rally against cuts and for better pay
Nottingham and Mansfield Trades Union Council called a demonstration in Nottingham on 27 November on funding of services and public sector pay.
1 December 2021
Building a political alternative to Tory and Labour cuts
Newham resists cuts: Newham Resists has agreed to campaign for a no-cuts, needs budget to show there is an alternative to the Labour council passing on Tory austerity. Newham Resists is a new coalition.
1 December 2021
Stop the cuts to Uni arts funding
On 24 November, 60 people protested at the University of Bristol against government cuts to university arts funding. I spoke at the demonstration, representing Socialist Students.
24 November 2021
Northampton: Phoney consultation to mask cuts
On 27 October, West Northamptonshire Council held a "spatial options consultation", a convoluted way for the local council to describe the housing crisis
24 November 2021
Slough: Adult service cuts will leave vulnerable homeless
Organised by GMB union, 50 people protested on 16 November against the closure of adult services in Slough
24 November 2021
West Sussex: Payouts for council bosses, cuts for us
In 2019-20, the former chief executive of the Tory council in West Sussex received a £265,000 exit package. Financial statements for 2020-21 reveal three more large payouts.
24 November 2021
Working class strangled by price rises and pay cuts
Few can ignore the eye-watering cost of living crisis. When even the likes of the Daily Mail are highlighting the effects of the 10-year-high inflation figures, it underlines how bad it is!
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