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Liverpool city council's struggle in 1983-87 for more funding from the Thatcher government was an inspriation to workers, photo Dave Sinclair |
1 September 2010
Slashing public services: do councillors have 'no choice'?
Campaigns against the Tory/Liberal government's cuts have wide support. But many councillors say they have "no choice" but to implement cuts.
From 1983 to 1987 the Liverpool Labour council, led by supporters of Militant (the predecessor of the Socialist Party), refused to make cuts or increase local rates to compensate for Tory cuts. Instead they led a mass movement to win more money from Margaret Thatcher's Tory government. Tony Mulhearn interview.
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Youth Fight for Jobs, photo Sarah Mayo |
1 September 2010
Our future under attack
Fightback! Join the day of action on 20 October It seems that £30,000 a year can almost guarantee you top grades in your A-levels. This year, students from private schools were more than twice as likely to get the new A* grades as those from comprehensives.
Suraj Shah and Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs, say life is different for those who go to state schools...
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100 community campaigners and trade union activists attended the North Staffs TUC (NSTUC) public meeting , photo Stoek Socialist Party |
1 September 2010
North Staffs TUC public meeting against cuts
EVEN IN the holiday period, around 100 community campaigners and trade union activists attended a North Staffs TUC (NSTUC) public meeting on 18 August to launch an anti-cuts alliance and start a serious fightback against the Con-Dems' savage cuts...
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1 September 2010
Defend school meals
SOME TORY councils are showing what effects the Cameron/ Clegg cuts will have. Croydon in south London is ending its contract for school meals with Eden Foodservice, and has told schools to provide their...
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25 August 2010
Privatisation and cuts in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Council is set to continue its attempt to sell off vital and key services to private contractors...
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24 August 2010
Stoke socialists condemn 'sham consultation'
Despite the holiday period, around 100 community campaigners and trade union activists attended a North Staffs TUC (NSTUC) public meeting on 18 August to launch an anti-cuts alliance...
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19 August 2010
We won't be a Lost Generation: Protest: Saturday 21 August 2010
Youth Fight for Jobs is calling a demonstration on Saturday 21 August against the government's brutal attacks on access to education.
It will be at 4pm, outside the department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H OET.
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Coventry Against the Cuts |
18 August 2010
Coventry Against the Cuts challenge councillors' 'legal obligation'
"When the real impact of these cuts is felt in services for children, young people and some of the most vulnerable communities in Coventry, there will be outrage that all the other councillors were united in passing these cuts."...
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18 August 2010
Uni bosses say cuts will cause closures
In brief: A recent report has shown that three quarters of university bosses think the government's higher education cuts will result in some universities closing...
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18 August 2010
Kirklees Unison strike ballot launched
Kirklees Unison has launched a formal industrial action ballot, to begin strike action in September to challenge the council's headlong rush into some of the most swingeing cuts in living memory, Huddersfield Socialist Party members write.
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