by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Nov 27, 2019 | Britain, Featured, Regional, Southampton, Trade Unions
Over 100 parents, children, trade unionists and other supporters from the local community were on the picket line outside Moulsecoomb Primary School, Brighton on 21 November. Bill North, Brighton Socialist Party Members of the NEU and GMB unions had voted to take...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jan 21, 2019 | Britain, Featured, Trade Unions
Almost one in three council-maintained English secondary schools were in budget deficit in 2017-18, according to damning new figures from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). It is urgent that unions and councils mount a fightbackagainst Tory vandalism of state...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Dec 3, 2018 | Britain, Council Cuts, Featured
We’ve had a busy week in Southampton! 100 staff and others packed into Valentine Primary School hall for a National Education Union (NEU) meeting on 20 November. Sue Atkins, Southampton Socialist Party Liz Filer, the headteacher, explained how hard it is to...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Apr 5, 2018 | Britain, Featured, Regional, Southampton, Students, Trade Unions
For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Our kids or the Tories? Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party Southern secretary Like the NHS and council services, public state education in primary, secondary, special schools and colleges is facing a dire crisis, with serious consequences...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Mar 28, 2018 | Britain, Council Cuts, Featured
Last year’s general election saw a historic surge for Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-austerity manifesto. A large part of that wave was the 800,000 voters who switched their vote on the question of education. That crisis and that wave has not gone away. On 23 March...
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