London bus drivers fight for safety
Bus drivers and road safety campaigners marched through central London on 5 November to Transport for London (TfL)’s posh head office.
Haringey housing workers all-out strike
Housing maintenance and repair workers at Haringey council have decided to take indefinite strike action over the Labour council’s continued refusal to negotiate with them over the issue of pay despite them not having a pay rise in over a decade!
Tube strikes: ‘It’s a nonsense to argue that the money’s not there’
Talks are ongoing. London Underground offered an average pay rise of 4.6%, worth up to 5.9% for the lowest paid, but strings attached mean that not everyone gets a consolidated rise.
Special Education Needs system in crisis
The special educational needs system (SEND) is “financially unsustainable”. That’s what a report from the National Audit Office has found.
Book launch of Militant & Socialist Party cartoonist Alan Hardman’s works
Alan Hardman was the first printer of the Militant (the Socialist’s predecessor) and produced hundreds of political cartoons for publication in our party publications. A book, ‘Need Not Greed’, has been published of his cartoons and artwork
‘Boris bike’ wheelchairs – coming to a hospital near you?
If you go to A&E in Kings College Hospital in London and require a wheelchair, you’d best get your credit card out!
Students protest in solidarity with Palestine
Students at Queen Mary University in East London organised a protest to mark a year of brutal attacks on Palestinians by Israeli state forces. Mihaela Ivanova, Socialist Students activist and Socialist Party member, gave a speech to the protest
Ealing by-elections reflect disillusionment with capitalist politicians
Labour has seriously damaged public opinion of politicians. Nearly half of Labour voters said they expected good things of Keir Starmer, but are disappointed with his government.
Enfield challenges Labour and Tory politicians over cuts
After the Labour landslide, you’d think that things would improve, but in Enfield, the Labour council is closing half the libraries and selling off a dementia day-care centre.
Campaigners tell Labour councillors — ‘save our day centre’
Labour-run Waltham Forest Council is threatening to close the Markhouse Centre, a day centre that has served disabled adults for over 40 years. Socialist Party members joined a protest outside the council.