Tory chancellor George Osborne jacked up VAT from 17.5 percent to 20 percent in his budget of pain.
Chancellor George Osborne’s slash and burn budget was a vicious class assault on working people.
Thousands of trade unionists, anti-cuts campaigners, students and pensioners protested across Britain on Tuesday against the Tories’ budget cuts.
More than 100 people joined the budget day protest in Leeds, with banners and flags from the PCS, Unison, NUT, CWU and UCU unions as well as the trades council, Stop the War and the Labour Representation Committee.
Sheffield Many of the speakers at the Sheffield rally of more than 400 people were bitter about the loss of the £80 million loan for Sheffield Forgemasters and directed their anger towards city MP and deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as well as the city’s Lib Dem council.
Some 5,000 people protested in Tower Hamlets east London today, Sunday, against racism and fascism.
The ConDem government’s desire to extend Labour’s Academy school scheme to cover all existing primary, secondary and special schools comes with a twist.
Around 350 young Asian residents came together in Altab Ali Park, east London, tonight to discuss Sunday’s unity demonstration against the racist English Defence League (EDL).
Security guards and stewards fired from World Cup stadium jobs
College lecturers in the UCU union are holding protests across Britain on Monday 21 June because education is under attack.
Dave Prentis, Unison’s general secretary, told the union’s national conference that the new government has no mandate for cuts. He said, "If this government picks a fight we will be fierce defenders of our members and the services they deliver. We will organise public meetings and street demonstrations."
