The Socialist 19 September 2012

We can beat Con-Dems' austerity

We can beat Con-Dems' austerity

All forces to the point of attack against austerity

NHS: Condition critical

Cable launches new attack on workers' rights

Global warming: Capitalists skating on thin ice

Them & Us

Marikana miners remain defiant

Stop the deportation of London Met students

Interview with NUS vice-president for union development

No to Gove's counter-reforms

Hillsborough disaster: Truth is out, now justice

Sparks' picket blockades Crossrail site

Workers die on tower cranes - Con-Dems cut safety regulations

HMRC seeks to axe workers' childcare

Workplace news in brief

Save Oaklands Pool - "This is what we pay our council tax for!"

Salford: Uniting to save mental health services

Fight Tameside library cuts!

Save Hampshire residential care homes

Stop the fire service cuts in West Yorkshire

NSSN supporter invited to address RMT

Rape is no joke

Slutwalk: there's NO excuse for rape

Sexism - a product of capitalism

Review: "From dole queue to corner and back again"

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Save Hampshire residential care homes

Pete Offord

The Socialist Party has put its full support behind the campaign of Hampshire Unison to prevent the closure of three elderly residential care homes. We have been leafleting, held stalls and knocked on doors, collecting pages and pages of signatures against the closures - hardly anyone has refused to sign the petition!

We have also attended the public meetings hosted by Unison and spoken to relatives of residents and to staff employed in the homes themselves.

Meanwhile, the council is holding over £300 million in reserves. Hampshire Socialist Party says do not close these care homes, the residents want to stay there, their families want them kept open and so does almost everyone in the community!

Alongside trade unionists, we will continue to put as much pressure on Hampshire county council as possible to prevent these closures and to gather the support of affected residents.