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17 June 2020
Cumbria: Teachers, parents and socialists fight reckless school reopening
Socialist Party members in Cumbria have been active as teachers and parents in the campaign against the reckless attempt to prematurely reopen schools without safety guarantees
3 July 2019
Carlisle Labour/Lib Dem coalition cuts care home beds
A hastily organised protest by Carlisle Socialist Party spoilt a self-congratulatory publicity event by the Labour/Lib Dem coalition running Cumbria county council.
A speaker at the youth climate change protest in Newcastle, 21.6.19, photo by Elaine Brunskill
31 May 2019
A speaker at the youth climate change protest in Newcastle, 21.6.19, photo by Elaine Brunskill
29 May 2019
Determined nuclear workers' industrial action continues
The confidence and determination of the Mitie workers at Sellafield is rising
7 August 2018
No to Tory plans for radioactive waste under national parks
Nuclear energy has been neither cheap, safe, nor pollution-free
11 October 2017
Carlisle NHS campaigners hand in petition to MP
Since the early part of the year, members of Carlisle Socialist Party and the Cumbria branch of Unite Community union have been active in the campaign to 'Save our NHS', organising support firstly for the national demonstration in London on 4 March, and subsequently for the two rallies in Carlisle on 8 April and 4 June.
12 April 2017
Carlisle NHS privateers leave patients at risk
What kind of people would build a hospital children's ward with a firewall which stopped just above a false ceiling, allowing smoke and flames to spread? And keep these and other dangers hidden from the staff, patients and even management of the hospital?
5 April 2017
Communities and health workers unite to...resist cruel NHS cuts
The Tories have already cut doctors, nurses, student nurses and 15,000 beds. Now the government intends a further £22 billion of cuts through its 'sustainability and transformation plans' (STPs).
22 March 2017
Join the march against NHS cuts and privatisation in Cumbria
The background to the misnamed 'success regimes' in Cumbria - in reality closure of beds, hospitals and services - is creeping NHS privatisation, cuts, increased workload and pay freezes
1 March 2017
Northern region Socialist Party conference
Our Northern regional conference set the tone for our work in the next period
1 February 2017
Cumbria care home beds under threat
Cumbria county council has again published long discredited assertions to justify its attack on our care home system which will get rid of the majority of beds.
16 November 2016
Cumbria: Stop axing care home places
Carlisle Socialist Party members handed in a 1,500-signature petition on 9 November demanding that Cumbria County Council scrap its plan to halve the number of care home places.
12 October 2016
Fight to save care homes in Carlisle
Cumbria County Council is planning to close three care homes and replace them with another building which only has 60 beds instead of the current 117. Another four homes will be closed in West Cumbria. Only those suffering from dementia and the most complex needs will get a place. But what about respite care? What about family carers?
14 September 2016
Socialist Party members join disability rights week of action
Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) called a week of action, 4-10 of September to coincide with the beginning of the Paralympic Games.
4 May 2016
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.
16 March 2016
Big boosts at Northern Socialist Party conference
The Socialist Party northern regional conference acted as a political springboard, giving us a big boost for the tasks ahead, writes Elaine Brunskill, Northern Socialist Party secretary.
24 February 2016
Cumbria cuts - the grim reaper
The recent decision by Labour Cumbria county councillors to carry out £25 million cuts to vital public services, particularly social care, will result in more unnecessary deaths in Cumbria.
6 January 2016
Floods, climate change and capitalism
This winter's extreme weather events were entirely predictable. In fact, cabinet ministers were advised just days before storm Desmond hit Cumbria that such floods would occur and that current flood defences were inadequate because of spending cuts.
9 December 2015
Floods reveal effect of government cuts
While the world's capitalist politicians in Paris prevaricate over measures to halt global warming, people from Carlisle in Cumbria to Chennai in India are suffering from extreme weather
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