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2 June 2021
Raising Fighting Fund in Southern region
Given we spent most of the last year in lockdown, our election campaign was magnificent. The Socialist Party produced hundreds of thousands of leaflets, thousands of posters and dozens of banners.
2 September 2020
Staines Socialist Party members are seen by many as the 'go to' people on issues like fighting cuts in local services, and campaigns against racism and discrimination, such as Black Lives Matter (BLM)
27 November 2019
Help fund the fightback: sponsor my marathon
In 2015 I had a major heart attack. It is fair to say that the NHS and their dedicated staff saved my life.
27 February 2019
Five years on - and still no justice for Zane
Like Hillsborough, the campaign for truth and justice for Zane Gbangbola is proving to be a long haul
11 April 2018
Taking the anti-austerity message to the chancellor's back yard
In one of the best local demos for many years, Surrey County Unison members turned out, alongside others
6 December 2017
Comment: Socialism and truth about Zane
"We have endured the most astounding catalogue of abuse from authorities, but still we fight for justice"
27 September 2017
Surrey County Council staff on collision course over pay freeze
Surrey County Council employees in public sector union Unison are being balloted over an offer from the local authority which has been described by lead Unison negotiator Paul Couchman as a 'slap in the face' for long-standing members of staff.
5 July 2017
Surrey FBU pass no confidence motion
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Surrey has passed a motion of no confidence in the local fire authority, saying planned budget cuts will see firefighter numbers plummet.
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.
25 January 2017
Reject Surrey's 15% council tax increase
Surrey's Tory council wants residents to fork out a whopping 15% council tax rise to pay for the crisis in social care
4 May 2016
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.
2 March 2016
Why I joined: "The same values that I believed"
Why I joined the Socialist Party by Annette Egan in Staines.
9 September 2015
A potentially traumatic health crisis recently showed Socialist Party and trade union activist Paul Couchman that the NHS is still functioning well at weekends, thanks to NHS staff, not to Tory cuts.
8 July 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles.
30 April 2015
Key working class fighters rally to TUSC
Why trade unionists, tenants' leaders and justice campaigners are backing TUSC
12 May 2010
Spelthorne campaign during the 2010 general election
In Spelthorne we got 176 votes, but you could hear a pin drop when I warned the mainstream parties of the links we have built with local trade unionists who will fight the cuts to come, writes Paul Couchman, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
Paul Couchman, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate for Spelthorne
21 April 2010
Spelthorne: "The trade union candidate guy"
AS THE Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Candidate for Spelthorne in Surrey, I delivered our 43,800 election leaflets to the Royal Mail last week, writes Paul Couchman.
21 April 2010
National Care Service - fact or fiction?
MOST RESEARCH suggests that the general population is living longer. Advances in science and healthcare mean that more conditions are treatable and many people with previously life-threatening conditions...
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