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31 March 2020
Going viral - Socialist letters and comments on the coronavirus crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life.
31 March 2020
Councils must use resources now for emergency response
The devastating impact of coronavirus is exposing the impact that austerity has had on all of our public services, and particularly the NHS, writes We will keep up the pressure. Labour councils need to use all of the resources at their disposal now to save workers, not the capitalist system..
24 March 2020
Newham campaign set up against council cuts and tax hikes
Back in the mists of time, on 6 March, in the days before Coronavirus was dominating everything, local residents in Newham came together to organise opposition to the budget that had just been agreed by the Labour council
24 March 2020
Coventry socialist candidate wins votes against austerity
Coventry Socialist Party member Jane Nellist received 101 votes in Thursday's Upper Stoke byelection, in what was clearly extremely difficult circumstances
20 March 2020
Bexley binworkers' strike wins sick pay from day one
Binworkers working for Serco at Tory-run Bexley council have won a victory
18 March 2020
Councils must break austerity rules
Labour councils must lead a fight for the immediate resources needed, linked to reversing all cuts and privatisation
18 March 2020
Stop gentrification of Lea Bridge
Labour council try to stop us meeting in our own area: The Socialist Party is fighting for a plan in the interest of the working class in Waltham Forest
11 March 2020
Hackney & Islington Socialist Party: Fighting council cuts - the record of socialists in Liverpool
11 March 2020
Swansea: Ask anyone about state of services, you will hear the real story
Ask any Swansea resident about the state of social care, education and refuse collection and they will tell you the real story, writes Gareth Bromhall, acting secretary of Swansea Trade Union Council.
11 March 2020
Camarthenshire: Councillors' 'walk of shame'
Plaid Cymru councillors voting for the cuts had to walk the 'walk of shame' past us to get into the council meeting, writes Mark Evans, Carmarthenshire County Unison branch secretary (personal capacity).
11 March 2020
Salford 'no-cuts' budget includes cuts and tax rises
Salford council has cut £211 million from spending since 2010, writes Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party national committee.
11 March 2020
Stoke council unions beat pay cuts - now let's stop all cuts
Protests and the threat of strike action by council worker unions - GMB, Unite and Unison - have forced Stoke-on-Trent city council to scrap their plans to cut some workers' wages by up to £5,000 a year, writes Andy Bentley, Stoke Socialist Party.
11 March 2020
Is there an anti-cuts rebellion in Scotland?
In Scotland, both Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour councillors continue to be complicit in implementing cuts, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland.
4 March 2020
Labour councils miss opportunity to stop Tory cuts
In the same week at the end of February, three Labour councils in the south - Brighton, Reading and Southampton - had an opportunity to use Labour's strongholds in southern England to rally opposition to further Tory austerity and set no-cuts budgets to defend jobs and services.
4 March 2020
Secret cuts meeting couldn't prevent protests in Newham
The council kept the details of their £45 million cuts meeting a secret, until very late, to prevent protests outside. But that didn't stop the Socialist Party, Newham trade union council and others on 2 March.
4 March 2020
West London parking workers' strike
Ealing parking attendants are on strike 2-6 March, having pushed back the employer to stop redundancies. Serco wants them to work longer hours, with more responsibilities and fewer staff.
4 March 2020
What will we do if they cut Camden nurseries?
Camden council cuts mean four nurseries will lose all their places for two, three and four year olds. Campaigners lobbied the Labour council against the £600,000 cut to the budget on 2 March.
26 February 2020
150-200 angry council workers met outside Stoke Town Hall on 19 February to protest against cuts that will leave some workers £5,000 a year worse off.
26 February 2020
Council cuts could cost Labour another general election
150 people tuned out in Birmingham to hear Rebecca Long-Bailey's pitch for the Labour leadership.
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