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.
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.
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.
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 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 are getting restless. On 29 January, bus workers marched through midweek traffic, creating gridlock in Piccadilly and Whitehall, continuing to Parliament.
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
Bats or great crested newts? “Neither”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told The Times, “because I want growth”.
Housing is a key part of the cost-of-living crisis. So our West London Socialist Party meeting titled “Urban planning and privatisation: Who owns all the land?” was timely.
Lambeth Council in south London has announced at least £50 million worth of ‘budget savings’. The cuts will affect children’s services, like youth and play and children’s centres, again, and also housing, including services for the homeless.
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