Activists across the north west of England have launched a campaign to get independent socialist councillor Michael Lavalette re-elected in Preston.
Workers at Crown Post Offices have voted by a massive majority to strike against a below-inflation pay rise and threatened job losses.
Speech and language therapists in south London were buoyed last week by news that cuts to their service will not be a big as initially feared.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Britain again in the last week to protest against government and council cuts.
Manchester rose up on Saturday when over 2,000 marched against the £110 million cuts imposed by the government. This was a show of collective rage against the cuts in the city.
Labour councillors in Hackney, east London, last week voted through a cuts budget last week.
Higher education in Scotland will remain free after the Scottish government elections in May—whoever wins.
Lecturers at Dundee University struck on Tuesday of this week over compulsory redundancies.
People have protested in many parts of Britain against their councils’ plans to make massive budget cuts, which would devastate lives.
Teachers at John Port school in Etwall, Derbyshire, struck on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
TEACHERS fighting job losses led a lively march through Rotherham, South Yorkshire, last Saturday. The protest was against cuts to public services.
