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9 February 2017
Southampton: no-cuts budget needed
Starved of cash by continued Tory funding cuts, Labour councils are facing another round of budget cuts, writes Nick Chaffey.
8 February 2017
Campaign forces Surrey council to back down on fire station closure
After weeks of protesting, a massive demo outside the fire station, petitions and lobbies, Surrey council was forced to organise a public meeting to explain why it needed to axe Staines Fire Station.
2 February 2017
Support Cardiff's no-cuts three
Cardiff Against The Cuts has learned that three members of the Labour Party in Cardiff have been expelled shortly after calling on the Labour council to refuse to make more funding cuts to jobs and services.
1 February 2017
TUSC: To stand or not to stand?
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition conference on 28 January debated whether to stand candidates in the 2017 local elections
1 February 2017
Newham council challenged over £1.8 million cut workers' pay
One Newham council worker could lose £6,000 and lose his home if the £1.8 million cut to workers' wages goes ahead. The all-Labour council, led by mayor Sir Robin Wales who earns £81,000 a year, had a whopping £161 million in general reserves in 2015-16.
1 February 2017
Leicester: libraries fightback
Like other Labour-controlled local authorities, Leicester City Council is in the process of doing the Tories' bidding by destroying our city's public services.
25 January 2017
Isle of Wight independents resign over cuts
The chief independent councillors on the Isle of Wight have resigned over central government funding cuts
25 January 2017
South London: march to save community centres
150 south London residents marched to oppose the closures of their community centres
18 January 2017
Protesters surround cutting council
1,000 protesters surrounded Sheffield's town hall in the latest action against tree-fellers
11 January 2017
Haringey: pressure grows as Labour council cuts
Haringey council's 'scrutiny committee' will apparently recommend a delay to a massive social cleansing regeneration scheme. This is a victory for local campaigners and a blow to the local right-wing Labour leadership, who face increasing opposition.
11 January 2017
Sick of sham consultations - give us a real fightback
A letter published in the South Wales Evening Post about Swansea Council's public budget consultation process.
7 December 2016
Bolton council gives £300k to solicitors while making swingeing cuts
Bolton Socialist Party is backing mounting calls for the leader of the Labour council, Cliff Morris, to resign over the use of emergency powers to hand over £300,000 to an ambulance chasing solicitor, Asons.
7 December 2016
Newham council to sack up to 1,300
The all-Labour council in Newham, east London, is threatening to sack up to 1,300 of its workforce.
7 December 2016
Reading TUSC writes to Labour councillors to demand cuts fight
The following letter was sent to councillors by Neil Adams from Reading Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) to raise questions related to proposed budget cuts to local services.
1 December 2016
Protest against Glasgow Labour's scab workforce plan to defeat Unison strike
An appeal for solidarity with strike action
30 November 2016
Readmit expelled socialists: a proven record of fighting back
I've been asked why socialists like me should be readmitted to the Labour Party. This is not the time for compromise and 'partnership', but for bold, clearly defined socialist policies, carried out by determined representatives of our class.
30 November 2016
Southampton Labour councillors vote through more cuts
Southampton Labour Party recently held their AGM as the councillors in the cabinet voted through a further round of budget cuts.
23 November 2016
'Just about managing': £2,500 worse off by 2020
As profits for Tory toffs steadily climb, low-income working families will be left £2,543 worse off by 2020. Lift the benefit cap!
16 November 2016
Southampton Labour must bin Tory cuts!
Southampton Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaigners, including Socialist Party members, staged a protest on 15 November outside the city's civic centre against cuts to the weekly bin collection service.
9 November 2016
Letters to the Socialist's editors including Suez strife, Blake benefits and tax trouble.
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