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Workers from the threatened HP sauce factory in Birmingham are set to protest in the city against 125 proposed job cuts this Saturday.

At the council elections in Birmingham the elections office miscounted the votes in the Kingstanding ward and declared the BNP candidate Sharon Ebanks to have won. This makes her the official councillor until the courts reverse the count and declare the Labour Party candidate the winner.

Thousands of of people turned out for the Pride parade in Birmingham this Sunday. The parade got a very good response as it passed through the city centre. Respect members gave out leaflets calling for equality and peace which were well received.

Mikey Powell died after he was detained outside his home in Lozells, Birmingham, on 7 September 2003. The trial of ten police officers charged in connection with his death began at Leicester Crown Court last week.

Last year the election of George Galloway was hailed as a bridgehead for Respect – one that had to be consolidated and extended. This May we succeeded in doing that. In east London and Birmingham Respect is breathing down the neck of New Labour.

Respect successes in Birmingham Salma Yaqoob was elected as a Respect councillor in the Sparkbrook ward in Birmingham, winning an astounding 4,339 votes, among the highest anywhere.

Peugeot Workers who face losing their jobs at Peugeot’s factory near Coventry took their protest to London on Monday. Workers also demonstrated in Coventry and Birmingham about the planned closure at Ryton with the loss of 2,300 jobs. On Monday, staff joined the London May Day union rally to gain more support for their campaign.

Respect is standing five council candidates across Birmingham. Salma Iqbal is standing alongside Salma Yaqoob and Lynne Hubbard in the south of the city.

Candidates protest against Birmingham NHS cuts Some 25 people joined a hurriedly arranged protest against job losses and ward closures in City Hospital in Handsworth, Birmingham, last week.

Birmingham election launch Around 300 people attended a rally in the Sparkbrook mosque community centre in Birmingham last Saturday for the Respect election launch in the area.

An estimated 100,000 struck across Birmingham. The mood on the picket line outside Greencote House was jubilant as pickets gathered for the strike.

Blair's 'visit' to Matthew Boulton college Over 200 students from Matthew Boulton College, and Aston and Birmingham universities demonstrated against Tony Blair’s planned visit to Matthew Boulton College on Thursday of last week. For "security" reasons Blair stayed away, but the students demonstrated all afternoon to make sure he didn’t sneak in, and finished with a victory march.