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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.

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”.

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.

The Socialist Party condemns the disgraceful policing operation at the peaceful Gaza demonstration in London on Saturday 19 January, which was stopped from marching by the Metropolitan Police. Up to 80 arrests were made, including Stop the War Coalition vice chair Chris Nineham, as well as a number of other protesters. The trade union movement must demand all charges are dropped.

This march was another demonstration of the fact that people are desperate for an alternative to capitalism and the two-party system, but simply did not know where to turn. The turnout was several thousand, as it prepared to march to Westminster.

Waltham Forest Socialist Party was glad to welcome 20 people to our first meeting of 2025. Camden and Haringey Socialist Party member Nick Auvache spoke brilliantly about ‘What Brexit means: British capitalism and the bosses’ EU in crisis’

Croydon Tory council closed the doors on four libraries in November. The council announced that this closure would allow it to increase the opening hours and offer more services at the remaining nine libraries.