Croydon council pushes through 15% tax hike and cuts
by Berkay Kartav, South London Socialist Party organiser Despite opposition from local people, Croydon council, led by the newly elected Tory mayor, passed a budget […]
Month: March 2023
March to save our NHS
by Dara Fitzgerald, West London Socialist Party The NHS is at breaking point. Years of Tory underfunding and cuts have led to longer waiting times, […]
Socialist ideas at the ‘Defend Israeli Democracy’ protest
by Ellen Kenyon Peers, Waltham Forest Socialist Party ‘Democracy for ALL’, read a chorus of banners at the ‘Defend Israeli Democracy’ demo on 12 March. […]
Defend Brian Debus and Hackney trade unionists
On 15 March, Hackney council workers protested both in solidarity with the masses of public sector workers on strike, and also, importantly, against redundancies in […]
London Underground RMT: faced with no choice but to strike
by an RMT tube driver I am a worker on the railway who drives a train in London. I work in the east end of […]
Birkbeck and UEA propose dramatic staff cuts due to ‘deficits’
by Quinn Gray, Essex Socialist Party Birkbeck, University of London and the University of East Anglia (UEA) are proposing dramatic job and budget cuts to […]
Hundreds protest against Croydon council cuts and tax rise
by Alex Forbes, South West London Socialist Party Outside Croydon Town Hall on 2 March, fury was vented from about 200 demonstrators at a proposed […]
Outsourced workers in Hounslow appeal to Labour council
by Unite members in le/1111 housing workers branch Hestia’s striking housing support workers, together with Hounslow parking attendants, held a loud and enthusiastic lobby outside […]