I went to support the lively University and College Union (UCU) picket line at London Metropolitan University (aka London Met). There were impassioned speeches from teachers and one student defending what should be London Met’s fundamental role of giving working-class students opportunities.
Thousands marched through London on 18 April calling for rent control and protesting against the housing crisis. There were banners and placards from unions, estate-based campaigns, and renters’ unions.
Green belt land around Enfield, north London, has been approved for a new town of up to 21,000 homes. None of these homes are available for affordable rent.
On 18 April we took our canvassing work at Lewisham Shopping Centre. We coincided with local Save Lewisham Shopping Centre campaigners on the day and handed out some of their leaflets.
Tube drivers in the RMT will be striking over four days from 21 April to oppose the imposition of a compressed working week, with longer shifts, longer spells of driving between breaks and more…
The socialist challenge in Lewisham’s mayoral election began by challenging Lewisham Council’s stringent conditions on our electoral statement.
Most of us don’t need figures to be convinced that the cost of housing is a growing problem — but the figures do give a sense of the scale of the housing emergency.
Living and working in London, the cost-of-living crisis is felt most keenly through housing. Working people in the capital typically spend more than half of our income on rent.
The stand of Socialist Party member Hugo Pierre for the mayor of Tower Hamlets, backed by seven other council candidates under the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) umbrella, is controversial.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Tara Blackman. Tara was a very dear friend and comrade of those in the PCS Socialist Party caucus and staff at PCS union.
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