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7 November 2018
Thousands march against overnight closure of Shropshire A&E
Princess Royal Hospital faces overnight closure. 3,000 people marched against plans that would force people to travel an extra 17-23 miles for emergency health services after 8pm.
24 October 2018
1821 Cinderloo uprising: "The crowd thought it had nothing else to lose"
Recently, a group in Telford, Shropshire has highlighted events that took place in the county in 1821, known as the Cinderloo uprising. The very name indicates the national effects of the growing Chartist movement and the events of Peterloo two years earlier.
8 August 2018
Shropshire NHS - fight the cuts to our services!
Shropshire's reorganisation or 'Future Fit' plans are to close an A&E department at one hospital and have an urgent care centre at the other.
15 June 2016
Hands Off HRI campaign grows from strength to strength
It's almost six months since the local Clinical Commissioning Group announced it was intending to close Huddersfield A&E. Over 100,000 people have signed petitions demanding the CCG reverse its decision, and there have been countless rallies and protests all over the town.
11 July 2011
'Fire and rehire': Shropshire council sacks 6,500 workers
All 6,500 Shropshire county council employees have been sent 90-day redundancy notices last week, writes Sam Morecroft, Shropshire Socialist Party.
Lewisham protest against cuts, photo by Chris Flood
23 February 2011
Opposing all cuts: Thousands march across England and Wales
What we think: Cuts-making councillors must be challenged:
Barclays Bank made £11.6 billion in profits in 2009 and paid just 1% of that in UK corporation tax...
Demonstration reports from Bristol, Hackney, Hillingdon, Shrewsbury, Waltham Forest, Lewisham and Rhondda Cynon Taff
15 September 2010
Shropshire: showing socialist alternative gets results
Thirty people gathered in Shrewsbury on Thursday 9 September for a Socialist Party (SP) public meeting entitled 'what is the socialist alternative?' with the party's deputy general secretary, Hannah Sell, as the guest speaker, writes Sarah Marshall Shropshire Socialist Party.
28 January 2009
With regret I must inform members of the Socialist Party of the death of Barry Malone, Shropshire branch, on 12 January. Barry was just 60 but was battling with illness, writes Jim Reekie, secretary, Shropshire Socialist Party.
8 October 2008
London bus strike: Eleven London bus garages will be affected by a strike on 10 and 22 October. 2,500 Unite members working for Metroline voted over 88% in favour of strike action. Workers at Arriva South and North and East...
2 October 2008
Swansea train strike: Swansea train cleaners employed by ISS and contracted to clean First Great Western (FGW) trains have staged a second 24-hour strike over poor pay and conditions...
20 February 2008
Battle for Shropshire schools goes on
FOLLOWING A recent demonstration of over 1,000 people against school closures in Shrewsbury, local Tory MPs announced that the threat to close 22 rural primary schools had been withdrawn... By Jim Reekie and Jake Moore, Shropshire Socialist Party
30 January 2008
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Cardiff parents beat council cuts in 2006. Picture: Socialist Party Wales |
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