by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Council Cuts, Featured, Southampton
Local authorities in Britain are tasked with meeting local social needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences. They have never been in a worse position to do so. Already ravaged by over ten years of austerity, they now face even bleaker...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Dover, Featured, Trade Unions
P&O Ferries has announced plans to cut 734 jobs in Dover and 122 jobs in Hull after it reported a severe downturn in demand. The cuts, affecting more than a quarter of the group’s workforce, come after the firm’s owner, the Dubai-based DP World, had...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Featured, Southampton, Trade Unions, Youth
A £10 billion financial black hole faces councils, according to a Labour Party report. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a big rise in the demands on social care – for which local authorities are responsible. This, a decade of unchallenged austerity, and a big...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Students, Youth
The higher education sector faces a massive £2.5 billion funding ‘black hole’ which could see thousands of job losses if the government does not step in. A recent report by London Economics, for the University and College Union (UCU), warned that 111,000...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Trade Unions
Trade union activists from across the south of England came together for a Socialist Party meeting on Zoom on 18 April. Members of the Fire Brigades Union, RMT transport union, PCS civil servants’ union, public sector union Unison and general union Unite were...
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