24 February 2021

London bus dispute against low pay, pay cuts and longer hours

Socialist Party members supported bus drivers' picket lines across London on 22 February. The drivers are fighting back against low pay, pay cuts, and longer hours being imposed by their employer

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24 February 2021

W. Sussex children's centres on the chopping block

Conservative West Sussex County Council is planning to axe 32 children's centres and twelve youth centres

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24 February 2021

Liverpool Unite branch supports 'no cuts' budget strategy

On Friday 19 February, the branch meeting of Liverpool Unite union voted to refuse to endorse any of Labour's prospective Liverpool mayoral candidates

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24 February 2021

Save John Carroll Leisure Centre

John Carroll Leisure Centre, in the working-class Radford area of Nottingham, is threatened with closure in the latest £15.6m of cuts proposed by Nottingham Labour Council

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24 February 2021

Tories tout toilet tensions

The Tory government has opened a call for evidence regarding the availability of men's and women's toilet facilities

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17 February 2021

Hackney teaching assistants strike against cruel and unnecessary job cuts

Teaching assistants organised by general union Unite took to the streets on 10-12 February to picket against unnecessary forced redundancies.

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10 February 2021

Big Energy piles on the misery

Energy regulator Ofgem has raised the price cap on what gas and electricity companies can charge 15 million households by between £87 and £96 a year (£1,156 or £1,138) - a 9% increase - from 1 April

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3 February 2021

HMRC: We demand a pay rise without cuts to terms and conditions

On 1 February, a multi-year pay offer was made to union members in HMRC.

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3 February 2021

The Socialist Inbox

Capitalist governments turned blind eye to Holocaust: Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT.

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3 February 2021

South Yorks TUSC ready for electoral fight

On 27 January South Yorkshire Socialist Party members attended a public meeting of South Yorkshire Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) - an anti-cuts and socialist electoral alliance involving the RMT transport union, the Socialist Party and others

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3 February 2021

Launching a political alternative to cuts, poverty and job losses

TUSC conference: Councils are facing a new, Covid-driven cash crisis - a financial 'black hole' of up to £2.2 billion, along with an average 5% increase in council tax and other increased service charges.

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3 February 2021

Children in care: Privatisation is not working

Many people would think that children, who are in the care of a local authority, would be safe, well cared for and free from the risks of sexual or criminal exploitation

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British Gas engineers on strike in Liverpool, photo by Neill Dunne

27 January 2021

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is 'up and running' for the May 2021 elections

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is 'up and running' for the May 2021 elections

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20 January 2021

Socialist Party national women's meeting

Enthusiasm, experience and ideas

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13 January 2021

Londoners suffer and Khan piles on pressure

One in 30 of us in London now have the virus. In Barking and Dagenham, it's one in 15

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6 January 2021

News in brief

Why is the Covid vaccine roll out so slow? Government bureaucracy delaying the recruitment of vaccinators, and foul-ups in the private manufacturing and supply are to blame.

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6 January 2021

Nottingham City Council: Major battles against cuts ahead

Nottingham's Labour Council faces a decisive choice: whether it defends services, jobs and terms and conditions, or implements major cuts.

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16 December 2020

Fight for NHS pay and funding

On 2 March 2020, as coronavirus cases rose to four in a day, Boris Johnson told us that Britain was "well-prepared with a fantastic NHS"

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9 December 2020

RMT gen sec election - vote for Steve Hedley

The upcoming general secretary election is an opportunity for RMT transport union members to change the direction of our trade union.

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9 December 2020

Should Corbyn stand for London Mayor?

Working-class people need better than Dodd's 'austerity later' policies.

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