Socialist Party members supported a protest march of 100 people opposing cuts soon to be levied against youth services by Birmingham City Council. Speakers highlighted the importance of youth centres and services as lifelines for disenfranchised young people.
This follows the council’s Section 114 notice – effectively declaring ‘bankruptcy’, and committing to only fund the bare legal minimum of services. The bill for Tory central government cuts and the Labour council’s incompetence has predictably been footed by the city’s workers. This is expected from an authority that has repeatedly foregone its obligations to its constituents, in favour of placating the demands of the Tory government.
Now more than ever, we need a mass workers’ campaign to fight back against cuts, low pay, and all other ruling-class attacks and incompetency. This is why the Socialist Party will stand in the upcoming election, as part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), to provide an alternative to capitalist parties, to support workers’ campaigns on the ground.
U’Semu Makaya, Birmingham Central Socialist Party
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