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Socialist Party NHS campaigning
‘We are ready for a fight to save our NHS.’ That’s the message of the 25,000 who marched in Lewisham in January to save their A&E, maternity and other vital services…
Unison NHS workers on strike against huge cuts in the Mid-Yorkshire Trust hospitals, photo Iain Dalton
Revolt against pay cuts strengthened at Mid-Yorkshire NHS
Unison NHS workers on strike against huge cuts in the Mid-Yorkshire Trust hospitals, photo Iain Dalton
Lewisham hospital protests continue
Marching to save Lewisham hospital, 26.1.13, photo Paul Mattsson
Whipps Cross workers prepare for fight against jobs and pay cuts
Despite widespread public opposition, in October 2011 the then health secretary – Tory Andrew Lansley – confirmed the closure of A&E department and maternity services at King George Hospital in Goodmayes, east London
Socialist Party news and analysis
Cracks in the coalition – we must take advantage of the divided enemy
As Gove attacks teachers: NUT leaders – delay no longer
Childcare plans spell disaster
Socialist Party feature
Organised fightback needed to save council services
“Multiple failures” is how the government’s own financial watchdog, the National Audit Office, has described the crisis facing council budgets across the country, writes Nick Chaffey
Over 1,000 council workers, striking Medirest cleaners and others marched through Southampton on 13 June in a powerful show of solidarity against vicious council cuts and the scandalous consequence of the private sector in the NHS , photo Paul Mattsson
Socialist Party reviews and comments
Make the 1% pay for their crisis: I should be looking forward to becoming a first-time mum this year. Instead I’m looking over my shoulder at crumbling services and decimated benefits, writes Sophie Brooks.
Cut tax dodging not benefits
Film review: Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Brutal cuts announced in Cardiff
Thousands of workers, students and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Cardiff on Saturday 5 March to tell visiting Con Dems we don’t accept your cuts, photo Paul Mattsson
Derby Labour councillors ‘oppose’ cuts – then vote for them
Tamil Solidarity looks at 65 years of ‘independence’ in Sri Lanka
Support the Socialist with a May Day greeting
Socialist Party regional conferences
Socialist Party workplace news
Workers tell Bromley council: We won’t sign up to your plans
Last week 300 workers packed into a lunchtime meeting and then another 80 attended a later meeting
Council workers protest at plans to cut services in 2010, photo Paul Mattsson
Labour cuts better than Tory ones?
Attempts to force Unison branches to affiliate to Labour
The article by Andy Bentley in issue 750 of the Socialist ‘There is an alternative to cuts!’ was spot on, writes a West Midlands Unison activist.
London mayor pressing ahead with fire service cuts
International socialist news and analysis
South Africa: Battle for control of mining sector
The threat by mining giant Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) to close four shafts, sell one mine and lay off 14,000 mineworkers in their Rustenburg operations is an open challenge to the entire working class