Cut rents and end rip-off service charges
by Wendy Charlton, Camden and Haringey Socialist Party On 9 April, the Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) protested outside the government Department for Levelling Up. […]
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Newham residents meet to fight park land sell-off
by East London Socialist Party members On 28 March, over 100 people attended a Zoom public meeting called by the ‘Trees not Towers’ campaign. Strong […]
Pathetic pay offer brings South London bus strike
by Berkay Kartav, South West London Socialist Party Bus drivers in south London were on strike on 28 and 29 March after rejecting a pathetic […]
East London: Public housing not MSG Sphere
by Niall Mulholland, East London Socialist Party The monstrous MSG Sphere, which would be built in the Maryland/Stratford area of East London, took a decisive […]
End rent and service charge rip-off
Housing associations have a collective surplus of over £4 billion. There is no need for them to raise rents or hike up service charges. Some […]
Child Q strip search outrage: Racism, sexism, police and profit out of schools
by Hugo Pierre, Unison NEC black members’ rep (personal capacity) There has been justifiable rage in Hackney, east London, following the report that a 15-year-old […]
The Socialist – sales success
by Martin Reynolds I sold 23 copies of the Socialist and raised an extra £13.50 fighting fund outside Blackhorse Road tube station, north east London, […]
Sarah Everard vigil, one year on: Met Police found guilty
by Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party national organiser On Friday 11 March, the High Court found that Scotland Yard had breached the rights of those who […]
Newham council has no will to fight cuts
by James Ivens, London Socialist Party The Labour council in Newham, east London, pushed through another £7.6 million of austerity on 28 February. But not […]
South Chingford school strike fights job cuts
by James Ivens, Waltham Forest Socialist Party The strike at South Chingford secondary in Waltham Forest was fighting fit on its second day on 15 […]