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22 November 2017
Disability cuts outrage: my story
I am a 49-year-old woman who has been managing the progressive disease multiple sclerosis for 19 years. Shame on Capita! Shame on the Tory government!
11 October 2017
No more fire deaths - ensure safety now!
In the early hours of Sunday 1 October a fire broke out on the ground floor of a three storey block of flats in Ringland Close, Hanley. A mother and two daughters were rescued from their flat above and rushed to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation
6 September 2017
Huddersfield A&E closure goes to judicial review
Anger at the malicious cuts in health care proposed by the CCG which puts the local community at risk, writes Huddersfield HRI campaign.
26 July 2017
Huddersfield A&E closure referred to Jeremy Hunt
On 21 July, the greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Joint Health Scrutiny Committee (JHSC) referred the decision close the A&E department at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and to downgrade the hospital to the health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
12 July 2017
Huddersfield parties in the park to save hospital A&E
The second annual Hands Off Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 'Party in the Park' attracted thousands to Greenhead Park in opposition to the hospital's A&E closure
3 May 2017
Beyond the crisis point: saving social care
It is not difficult to see why the chair of the National Care Association says "we are now beyond the crisis point"
26 April 2017
A man with chronic health problems died after the hated 'work capability assessment' found him 'fit to work'
17 March 2017
The need for a party that is against cuts in words and deeds
35. The retreats by Corbyn have immediate and practical consequences on the lives of millions. In particular, it has meant, up until now, that Labour councils are continuing to implement brutal austerity
15 March 2017
Disabled workers deserve a living wage
Rosa Monckton, one of the trustees of Team Domenica, a 'charity' which claims to help disabled people get into work, has said that businesses should be allowed to pay disabled people less than the minimum wage.
8 March 2017
Fight the cuts: Demand no-cuts council budgets
In tandem with the attacks on the NHS is the ongoing savagery of council cuts. Only some six Labour councillors nationally in Labour-run councils have carried out their historic duty to vote against cuts - and have been suspended by the Blairites for their stand.
1 March 2017
Tories to dodge rulings against disability benefit cut
Despite two tribunals ruling that the Department for Work and Pensions should expand the reach of the 'personal independence payment' (PIP) disability benefit, the government is bringing emergency legislation to stop it.
26 November 2016
Hands off HRI charts way forward
Over 120 people turned out to our latest Hands off Huddersfield Royal Infirmary meeting
9 November 2016
Library cuts: working class kids suffer most
Walsall council, in one of the poorest areas of the west Midlands, is closing 15 of its 16 libraries. Sadly, this is just one of many examples of ruthless cuts which will deny young people a future.
19 October 2016
Councils and unions must combat the cuts: Over the past six years, the number of care homes has fallen by 1,500 to 16,600. Home care providers are not renewing council contracts. The number of elderly people receiving social care from their local council declined by a staggering 26% between 2010 and 2015.
17 October 2016
Health campaigns demonstrate together in 'one fight'
The sense of solidarity and unity was electric, with over 300 of us marching together. This was on a midweek protest organised by local activists. The campaign to save Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, took its case to Westminster, alongside groups from Chorley, Grantham, St Heliers and Lewisham, and many others.
7 September 2016
Huge turnout in support of Huddersfield NHS campaign
Over 7,000 people turned out for the 'Hands Off HRI' (Huddersfield Royal Infirmary) fun day and festival. It was impossible to take in the whole event as it took up the entire park.
15 June 2016
Hands Off HRI campaign grows from strength to strength
It's almost six months since the local Clinical Commissioning Group announced it was intending to close Huddersfield A&E. Over 100,000 people have signed petitions demanding the CCG reverse its decision, and there have been countless rallies and protests all over the town.
1 June 2016
A south London borough which closed two libraries to 'save' money is spending more than twice as much on security as it would have cost to keep them open
18 May 2016
Queen's Speech - more cuts and sell-offs: The Tory government has announced a raft of new bills to extend the privatisation and commercialisation of our public services
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