My mum and I live in a council flat in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire – owned by Enfield Council. With a hole in the roof and awful damp, mould is out of control. We are lucky the building hasn’t partially collapsed!
There was massive support for Diane Abbott at a rally in Hackney on Friday 15 March, following disgusting, racist, misogynistic comments about her made by Tory business donor Frank Hester.
There’s a palpable feeling when you talk to ordinary Londoners that this expensive city is falling apart. A recent survey found a majority feel the city is getting worse. From housing to health, it’s letting people down.
Nowadays, Waltham Forest Labour calls its council cuts “tactical management actions”. When Labour councillors voted for £18 million worth of cuts, Waltham Forest trades council called a protest and, naturally, our local Socialist Party branch was there.
Students at Goldsmiths University in south London have protested to demand that the university cut its ties with the Israeli regime, and divest from companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Facing bills of £2,400 for a two-bedroom flat, 61 furious residents from two hard-hit blocks of flats have signed an email, assisted by the Barking Reach Residents Association, demanding the bills be struck off.
The ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ makes it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ or outside of the gender binaries of male and female.
The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has held arms fairs at Twickenham stadium for the last few years and a protest greeted the second such fair this year on 27 February.
Going to campuses with the Socialist newspaper is a great opportunity to talk to students. Even when a stall is not in the busiest place, you can always find people interested in what we’re doing.
The London housing maintenance team in Sanctuary Housing is taking strike action on pay and conditions and for union recognition.
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