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15 December 2021
Tory cuts and privatisation leave NHS in crisis
15% pay rise - end staff shortages: Despite already losing 610 NHS beds in Devon, there are plans to cut even more.
3 March 2021
Labour surrenders to Tories in Devon
Devon County Council majority Tory group has passed a budget with a 4.99% rise in the council tax. This is the maximum allowed under government rules, and is a tax that hits those on low incomes.
10 February 2021
Ex-Labour socialists preparing to stand for TUSC in Devon
An alternative to Starmer's Labour is needed now more than ever. 28 people, including current and ex-Labour members, councillors, and a former Labour parliamentary candidate attended the online launch
21 October 2020
Teignmouth hospital closure threat ... again!
Teignmouth Hospital was the first hospital to be rebuilt by the NHS, in 1954. Over the years, local residents have raised millions to buy equipment and beds, and refurbish large parts of it.
17 July 2019
Proposals by our fire authority to cut eight fully staffed fire stations and axe 30 fire engines were described by one councillor as "turbo-charging austerity", putting lives at risk.
26 June 2019
Stop the Devon and Somerset fire service cuts
Firefighters in Devon and Somerset have reacted with fury to swingeing cuts in which will cut the fire service 'to the bone'
19 June 2019
Newton Abbot says no to Tory privatisation of the NHS!
With the local and European elections over, the streets of Newton Abbot, Devon, were clear of political parties campaigning just for people's votes, writes Richard Worth, Torbay and South Devon Socialist Party.
29 May 2019
Teignmouth: hands off our community hospital!
Teignmouth took to the streets again protesting against the threatened closure of our community hospital
22 May 2019
Anger and frustration at the establishment
The mood on the streets was reflected on our Socialist Party 'Defend the National Health Service' stall in Newton Abbot, Devon, on 18 May.
7 November 2018
Occupy and demand nationalisation to save Devon shipyard
The owner of Appledore Shipyard in north Devon, Babcock International, has announced its closure. Such an action would be devastation for the workers, their families and the whole community.
17 October 2018
Devon foster carers fight 30% cut in allowances
If austerity is over, no-one told the Tory councillors of Devon County Council. Foster carers are to have their allowances cut by 30%.
27 June 2018
Fight to save Devon hospital services
"Where I come from people stand up and fight. It was our hospital and we want it back - we want it back and made even better!" That is telling it as it is!
30 May 2018
Hands off Teignmouth Hospital!
Having closed the minor injuries unit in Teignmouth Hospital, South Devon, despite massive opposition from local people, the clinical commissioning group (CCG) is showing its intention to close the hospital entirely.
11 April 2018
South West Socialist Party conference
Almost 50 members of the Socialist Party from across the South West attended our highly successful regional conference on 7 April, including members from areas where we've never had representation before
13 December 2017
Totnes MP uses coffin controversy to distract from brutal NHS cuts
A march took place against cuts and privatisation
15 November 2017
Plymouth PCS members fight relocation threat
On 6 November PCS members took strike action to prevent a relocation which would likely result in around 50 redundancies
4 October 2017
Protest outside Ukip conference against German far-right speaker
Socialist Party members from Torbay and south Devon stood alongside Labour and Momentum members to protest outside the Ukip annual conference in Torbay, south Devon
24 May 2017
Window workers walk out after seeing through contract changes
Unite members working for Sierra Windows in Paignton, South Devon, are on a rolling series of two-day strikes
25 January 2017
Paignton: organising against hospital closure
One brave nurse described the nightly pressures of being so understaffed that it is bringing workers to their knees and putting them in incredibly compromised in dangerous situations.
7 December 2016
Hundreds protest the decimation of Devon NHS
Hundreds protested in the centre of Exeter on 3 December against the decimation and degrading of Devon's NHS. Coming from all points of the compass and forming 'red lines' of marchers from different parts of the city, they cheered and clapped speakers from the community and the labour and trade union movement.
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