Budget bloodbaths in Southampton and Swansea show TUSC needed
Southampton 26 February 2014 By 46 votes to two, with Labour, Lib Dem and Tory councillors all voting for cuts, the Southampton council budget meeting on 13 February showed only socialist councillors Keith Morrell and Don Thomas offer any alternative. All...
Fighting the next round of council cuts
During February and March councils are meeting to decide budgets for the year ahead. Google ‘council job cuts’ and you will get a map of Britain with endless stories of local services falling apart at the seams. It is clear that council workers and...
Southampton Labour flies the white flag in face of call to fight back
£57 million cuts since 2010 and Southampton’s New Labour council has announced a further £60 million cuts to come over the next three years. This week’s council meeting was the last before the council votes its budget through in February next year....
Building the fightback – building the Socialist Party
Socialist Party branches across England and Wales have been carrying out recruitment weeks of action, concentrating their weekly stalls and meetings on asking people to join the Socialist Party, as opposed to a particular campaigning issue. Here are some reports from...Socialist Party Southern Region Twitter
Read this week's #NSSN bulletin no.467: New year opens with workers’ victories @UniteLondonEast @GMB_union @UVWunion @unitetheunion
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I see Keir Stamer has the support of UNISON, the public sector union. He is the candidate who is on record as accepting 5% cuts - if I was a Unison member I would ask if my leaders know which Unison members would be sacked as a result! https://t.co/FH3m8w3ShZ
Scotland: Tory government election win spurs on pro-independence mood: https://t.co/WRrnJBo4u6
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