27 February 2019

Kirklees: Labour and Green councillors refuse to fight the cuts

At the time of its last accounts in April, Kirklees had useable reserves of £185 million

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5 December 2018

Racist attack in Huddersfield

The Socialist Party stands with Jamal and his family in solidarity against racist bullying. We repeat our calls on the local unions to fight education and youth service cuts.

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7 November 2018

Stand up against abuse - justice not racism

Huddersfield has once again been in the news for all the wrong reasons, as 20 men found guilty of street grooming and abuse were jailed for a total of 221 years.

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31 October 2018

Campaign building to save Scarborough and district hospitals

The campaign against York NHS Trust transferring non-medical staff into a 'wholly owned subsidiary' - a step towards privatisation - has exploded into a mass campaign to save the Scarborough and district hospitals from cuts.

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10 October 2018

Save Huddersfield Royal Infirmary - the fight goes on

Hundreds of onlookers pledged their support when they heard the fight for all Huddersfield hospital services still has to be won

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26 September 2018

Huddersfield campaigners keep their powder dry

Hands Off HRI has called a public meeting to assess the recent announcements on the future of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI).

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19 September 2018

Huddersfield Socialist Party opposes racist EDL

Instead of offering any genuine solutions to sexual abuse, the EDL offers only racist scapegoating

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29 August 2018

Huddersfield Socialist Party organise counter-protest against EDL

As the capitalist media focuses on the release of far-right leader Tommy Robinson, who is awaiting a retrial, we have seen an increase in action taken by far-right groups.

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11 July 2018

Summer of discontent on the cards in Huddersfield bin workers' dispute

50 bin workers, union members and supporters came together for a march on 6 July from the waste depot to Huddersfield Town Hall in protest against bullying and racism by management, and a refusal to allow bin workers to take leave for holidays and medical appointments.

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27 June 2018

Huddersfield set to lose two town centre post offices

Huddersfield residents were shocked when news leaked that the 103-year-old building on Northumberland Street that houses one of two town centre Post Offices is earmarked for sale

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6 June 2018

Stop the Tory NHS wreckers

The official NHS England budget deficit is almost £1 billion - with some analysts putting the real figure closer to £4 billion. The ongoing NHS crisis shows no sign of slowing down. The Tories, Blairites and capitalist class want to see the NHS broken up and sold to privateers

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30 May 2018

900-strong north west NHS strike

A historic strike has taken place at three hospitals in the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust.

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30 May 2018

Unison ballots workers at Yorkshire hospitals at risk of privatisation

Unison will soon be balloting hundreds of health workers at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) and Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) at risk of being moved out of NHS employment

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16 May 2018

'When we fight, we can win' - campaign halts hospital closure

An important victory has been won in Huddersfield.

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9 May 2018

Strong TUSC result in Huddersfield

In Huddersfield, with little time and scant resources, we chalked up almost 1,000 votes between us.

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2 May 2018

Groundswell of support for TUSC in Huddersfield

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) election campaign in Huddersfield has exceeded all our expectations. Public and doorstep support has been amazing.

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18 April 2018

Huddersfield TUSC takes on the Blairites

The TUSC campaign in Huddersfield is focusing on two seats held by Blairite candidates in Ashbrow and Crosland Moor

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11 April 2018

May elections: a chance to fight attacks on health and social care

Here's how councils can stop health cuts: Too often, councils will wring their hands and pass the buck when it comes to standing up to Tory plans for our NHS

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21 March 2018

Hands Off HRI campaign granted judicial review

This challenge has local and national consequences - it is the first serious legal challenge of its kind

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7 March 2018

Hands Off HRI campaign group meets Corbyn and Ashworth

40 hardy souls from the Hands Off HRI campaign braved the bitterly cold and snowy weather at 6am to climb aboard a coach from Huddersfield to London to meet with Jeremy Corbyn and shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth on 28 February.

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