RMT London Underground fights imposition of compressed working week
Tube train drivers on London Underground who are members of the RMT union are preparing for strike action from 24 March.
We took our People’s Budget to Enfield Labour council
Enfield Council has over £75 million in reserves, plus is trumpeting an extra £203 million ‘Fair Funding Review’ money but still Enfield Labour council is planning £12 million of more cuts!
Students ask: ‘How can we stop this war?’
Socialist Students organised a campaign stall opposing Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East at KCL uni in central London. Lots of people queued up to take leaflets, hungry for ideas on how to stop this devastating conflict.
Newham’s former mayor leaves Labour for Reform
Newham’s former Labour mayor, Sir Robin Wales, has been appointed London Director of Local Government for Reform UK.
Sadiq Khan plans publicly owned bus company
Transport for London (TfL)’s 2026 business plan raised the prospect of setting up a “publicly owned bus company”. TfL is under the control of Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, and is responsible for the capital’s public transport network.
Protest pressures Lewisham Greens to oppose cuts
50 people, packed with energy, protested the night before the Lewisham Labour council set the borough’s budget. Four Green council election candidates attended, along with their mayoral candidate Liam Shrivastava.
Haringey Labour top decade of austerity with £50m more cuts
Labour has set what could be its last budget as the governing party in the London Borough of Haringey. It was no surprise that they took the decision, once again, to pass on further cuts.
Newham people’s budget – ‘our campaign is winning’
Buoyed by forcing Newham Labour council to backtrack on attacks on libraries and the reinstatement of a suspended rep, 200 workers and supporters protested outside the council’s budget meetings.
East London fight to save Durning Hall community centre from gentrification
Several years after Newham’s Labour-run council shamefully approved plans that paved the way for the loss of much of the iconic Durning Hall community centre, the building has stood largely dormant.
Hillingdon trade unionists quiz Greens and socialists on cuts
Hillingdon Trades Council organised a preliminary meeting to discuss “Can socialists and the Green Party find common ground to take on Reform and establishment parties in the May council elections”.