Devastating news has emerged about the immediate closure of Yarborough and Birchwood leisure centres. This follows the collapse of Active Nation, the company which runs them.
Nick Parker, on behalf of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in Lincolnshire, said: “These leisure centres are vital public services, as plenty of us can’t afford to pay for private facilities. I have a membership at Yarborough, and swim three times a week, as well as regularly running and volunteering at the parkrun.
“TUSC calls on staff and leisure centre users to urgently come together and take to the streets to fight these closures. Lincoln’s Labour council must immediately step in to take the leisure centres back under public control, to keep them open and protect people’s jobs and the facilities that so many of us use. If necessary, send the bill to Labour MPs in Westminster.
“The combination of funding cuts and outsourcing of public services by the Tories, Lib Dems, and Labour has been disastrous.”
City of Lincoln Council is run by Labour. Lincolnshire County Council is run by the Tories.
Nick stood for TUSC in the ‘Park’ area, first in a city by-election on 3 April, and now in the county elections on 1 May.
Nick said: “Thousands of voters can send a message against cuts and privatisation by voting TUSC”.
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