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Staff and students at London Metropolitan University have been protesting against the university’s plans to get rid of 120 lecturers and support staff. Staff are angry and prepared to take action.

Circuit Laundry is known for overcharging university students living in halls, and for providing poor service to students. At University of Arts in London (UAL) accommodation, students are charged £4.10 per wash and £2.60 to use the dryer.

On Saturday 31 January, another demonstration marched through London against the ongoing atrocities being committed by the Israeli state and its western backers in Gaza.

‘Young people need youth services’, ‘Youth workers need jobs’, ‘Re-open all closed services’, ‘Young people need a future!’ — Under these headlines, Waltham Forest Trades Council held a public meeting about the dismal prospects facing young people.

Unison members at Richard Cobden Primary School in London are taking four days of strike action to end the undervaluing of their role in the school. The school’s management proposed a restructure that cut permanent posts.

Homerton Hospital phlebotomists have scored a stunning victory, inspired by a rebanding campaign for Health Care Assistants and Maternity Support Workers run by the Homerton Unison branch in 2024.

National Education Union (NEU) members at Little Ilford School took their third day of strike action on 14 January. The strike was very solid, with teachers and support staff all out.

As the Socialist goes to press, Unite members at Lea Interchange bus garage in Leyton, east London, are preparing for another two days of strike action on 9 and 10 January over victimisation of reps.

Trade unionists met to coordinate anti-racist and anti-far right campaigning across London & the South East. The meeting was initiated by civil service union PCS London and South East regional committee, though it did not get official PCS support.

Circuit Go provides poor-quality and expensive laundry services to many. Profits are up at Circuit Go – over £13 million in 2024. One of Circuit Go’s parent shareholders was fined £100 million for increasing medicine prices by more than 1,000%.