Newcastle Socialist Party branch met for the first time in Kidsgrove on Wednesday 16th May. We discussed the very good result that Socialist Party members Claire received standing as a Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate in the area in the recent local elections. To get 9% of the vote at the first time [...]
KIDSGROVE PUBLIC MEETING ”Fighting to Save our Local Services – fighting against austerity” Wed 16th May at 7.30pm Queens Head, Market Street, Kidsgrove ST7 4AB All Welcome Labour take control of Newcastle and announce three years of cuts! Within hours of regaining control of Newcastle Council the Labour deputy leader said, “there are probably going [...]
Labour take control of Newcastle and Announce Three Years of Cuts! Within hours of regaining control of Newcastle Council the Labour deputy leader said, “there are probably going to be three more rounds of public sector cuts” (Sentinel 5 May) In other words they will do as other Labour councils have done – try to [...]
Originally posted up at www.socialistparty.org.uk By Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London. The Tories lost a total of 405 seats, the Liberal Democrats lost 336 seats, while Labour gained 823 seats. The share [...]
By Peter Rofe PCS union North Staffordshire branch secretary (in a personal capacity) The destruction of Public Services by the Con Dem Coalition Government has met with little but a whimper from the Labour Front Bench. These attacks are unprecedented and on a scale that will test the very fabric of our Society. The cuts are a political [...]
The Socialist Party’s general secretary, Peter Taaffe, briefly discusses the 2012 local election results and the prospects for the government, Labour Party and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – TUSC – which stood nationally.
Post originally from http://pcsnstaffs.wordpress.com PCS members and other Public Sector Workers have now started to pay. Increases in contributions for pensions are being taken from pay packets on 30/04. None of the contributions are going towards a better pension or towards making pension schemes more sustainable. The contributions are going directly to the Treasury to pay-off [...]
Originally from www.socialistparty.org.uk The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a new electoral coalition that was set up by leading trade unionists including RMT general secretary Bob Crow, and socialists, including the Socialist Party, to provide a political voice to the millions who oppose the cuts. TUSC is standing candidates with a proven campaigning [...]
Watch the Socialist Party’s London regional organiser Paula Mitchell on BBC‘s Question Time win applause as she condemned both the Tory/Liberal government “of the rich for the rich” and the Labour Party, who refuse to say they will reverse the cuts. Paula announced that the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing in the May [...]
Because of the strong winds and heavy showers we set up our campaigning stall today undercover in Morris Square. We didn’t expect to see many people because of the rough weather and we were right! But most of those we did see congratulated us for launching a petition as part of our campaign to stop [...]