Waltham Forest Labour cuts ‘graver than austerity’
Labour will inflict more pain on the borough’s employees and residents, rather than build a campaign involving other councils, unions, and residents to fight for cash for local authorities?
Month: February 2025
Hackney socialists and independents challenge Labour cuts
Councils need to campaign alongside trade unions, service users, community groups, community campaigners, voluntary sector, and other political parties, and combine with other councils in the same boat for the necessary funds to protect services.
Save libraries and street cleaning in Enfield
Enfield has the highest youth knife crime in London. Last summer, a community meeting identified the need for places where young people can hang out safely. But Enfield Labour council is cutting not increasing them.
On strike to save our domestic violence service
Solace has announced that one third of its domestic violence advisors are due to be made redundant, and up to half of the whole team could face losing their jobs, due to cuts made by charity bosses.
Grenfell Tower demolition: Labour’s deregulation hypocrisy
What should have been a “normal flat fire”, according to Peter Apps, a journalist at Inside Housing, culminated in a deadly tragedy, killing 72 people, 18 of whom were children.
Southwark housing strikers demand better conditions from Labour council
Southwark council housing repair workers began a three-day strike on 28 January. Unite the Union members picketed the two depots in the South London borough on all three days.
London bus drivers demand safety
London bus drivers are getting restless. On 29 January, bus workers marched through midweek traffic, creating gridlock in Piccadilly and Whitehall, continuing to Parliament.
Anti-far right demonstration against Tommy Robinson in London
Thousands of protesters gathered near Picadilly in central London on 1 February to protest against a pro-Tommy Robinson demonstration taking place. Members of the Socialist Party took part in this counter-demonstration
Heathrow’s third runway and Labour’s obsession with ‘growth’
Bats or great crested newts? “Neither”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told The Times, “because I want growth”.