Big Unison south east regional meeting votes for anti-cuts position
Paul Couchman, Surrey County Unison (personal capacity) Over 150 delegates registered for the South East regional council meeting of local government union Unison which took place on 8 February. This was the biggest meeting for many years. There was a serious mood and...
Stop privatising our leisure services
Reading Labour council: Stop privatising our leisure services John Gillman and Terry Pearce, Reading Socialist Party If the right-wing Labour council succeeds, a private company will be given a 25-year contract to design, build, operate and maintain Reading’s...
Expensive, overcrowded and unreliable: Renationalise the railways!
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party national committee How hard can it be to run a train from Carlisle to Newcastle? The collapse of the Northern Rail franchise, forcing the Tories to renationalise the service, shows privatisation has not been the way. The Socialist warned...
HS2 debacle: nationalise rail and construction!
Kevin Parslow, Waltham Forest Socialist Party Tory cabinet minister Stephen Barclay has a “gut feeling” that the ‘HS2’ high-speed rail link between London and the north of England will go ahead. He said this in response to speculation following...
Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage
University and College Union: Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage Bea Gardner, UCU Southampton branch executive (personal capacity) As we go to press, a crucial meeting of the University and College Union (UCU) higher education committee is set...Socialist Party Southern Region Twitter
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