13 April 2016

Huddersfield A&E fightback grows

The campaign to save accident and emergency services in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, is mobilising all its forces for a public 'consultation' on 18 April.

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4 April 2016

Library occupied in 'siege' against Blairite cutters

Carnegie Library in Lambeth, south London, is under community occupation. The borough's Labour council closed it on 31 March to begin transforming it into yet another gym.

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29 February 2016

Uprising against A&E closure

"If this doesn't make them listen, I'm not sure what will!" - One protester summed up the mood

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24 February 2016

Save our A&E!

The community-led campaign against the closure of the A&E at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary has mushroomed

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17 February 2016

Councils have a choice: no cuts to jobs or services

Councillors in local government do have the power to resist the government cuts. The notion that 'there is nothing else we can do' is wrong.

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3 February 2016

Fight to save Huddersfield A&E

The campaign to stop the closure of Huddersfield A&E has continued to attract huge support and mobilise mass opposition, writes Mike Forster, Huddersfield Socialist Party.

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3 February 2016

Zika: Another healthcare system failure

In October 2015 the Ministry of Health in Brazil confirmed a causal relationship between Zika and microcephaly

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3 February 2016

Councillor suspended after cuts query: activists seek joint work

A north London Labour group has suspended one of its councillors for questioning cuts to adult care.

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27 January 2016

Angry campaigners protest against A&E closure

Ordinary people are organising

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27 January 2016

Councillors must fight to defend our services

Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell addressed a North Cambridgeshire Momentum meeting. Socialist Party member Joe raised the issue of Labour councillors refusing to make further Tory cuts by means of using councils' reserve funds while preparing a national campaign of opposition.

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20 January 2016

Water firms' £1.2bn in profit off human need

By overcharging customers, private water companies in the UK have raked in profits of over £1.2 billion over the last five years, writes Laurel Fogarty.

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13 January 2016

Workplace news in brief

Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Victimised postal union rep reinstated; fresh tube strikes announced; Lambeth libraries vote to walk out.

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6 January 2016

Renationalise the water industry

Reader's letter: When water was privatised, a lot of venture capitalists found that you can't actually run a public utility at a profit unless you dump some expensive, but vital, functions - like maintenance.

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2 December 2015

Bus drivers fight bully-boy managers

Huddersfield First UK Bus drivers took one-day strike action in protest at management's decision to tear up a local pay agreement

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25 November 2015

Fire cuts cost lives

Leicester is facing some of the most severe cuts to the fire service in the country.

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18 November 2015

My struggle for an income I can live on

"Please Sir, can I have a job?": I have multiple disabilities that include mobility post-traumatic stress disorder and dyslexia.

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18 November 2015

We can defeat the Tory cuts!

Cutting Cameron complains to local council: As council budget proposals for next year see the light of day, opposition to further cuts is shaking the ground beneath the sheltered gardens of West Oxfordshire MP, David Cameron. He was forced to write a letter to the council criticising cuts!

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18 November 2015

Councils won't spend a penny

A Labour councillor responsible for closing all his area's public toilets has been caught relieving himself on the street.

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11 November 2015

Government departments agree to hack budgets

Four essential government departments have signed up to cuts of around 30% over the next four years.

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4 November 2015

Fire service cuts put people at risk

At a recent Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service review consultation meeting firefighters and ex-firefighters in attendance were initially prevented from speaking.

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