Fighting the cuts Follow

Just the announcement of coordinated strikes for 30 June transformed the political landscape in Britain.

The government says pensions are a "perk"—but we’ve paid for them. They are part of workers’ wages, deferred until retirement They say change is needed to avoid a pensions "crisis". But the real crisis is that ordinary people live in poverty while there is no limit to the cash for bankers and warOur pensions aren’t "gold plated". A quarter of civil service workers get under £40 a weekThe attacks hit the lowest paid the hardest. One in ten earning under £21,000 will opt out when contributions go up

‘Everyone has the right to a decent pension scheme’ Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary

Mark Serwotka, PCS

Older people who live in sheltered housing in Sutton expressed their outrage at Tory cuts to their care and support today (Friday).

Hundreds of thousands of workers are preparing to turn Thursday 30 June into a major day of resistance against the Tories.

Marchers take to the streets of Slough A new anti-cuts group, Windsor and Slough Against the Cuts, held its first march last Saturday.

£36 million

The mass demonstration against cuts on 26 March lit a fire under the working class.

The biggest trade union demonstration Britain has ever seen took place last Saturday. It was an incredible sight. Well over half a million people marched. Banners, placards and balloons filled the streets.

A key battle against the cuts was set to take place across two London boroughs this week.