Fighting the cuts Follow

Some 3,700 workers at Nottinghamshire county council were set to strike on Thursday of this week—the day the Tory council votes on its savage cuts budget.

In Kay Cutts’ office at County Hall, over her desk, hangs a portrait of her idol: Margaret Thatcher.

Council Workers in Nottinghamshire were set to be the first to walk out against the cuts this week.

Thousands of people rallied round their libraries on Saturday as a national day of "read-ins" swept Britain.

A noisy, colourful, 1,000-strong march wended its way along Holloway Road in north London last Saturday.

Hundreds of bus routes are set to disappear as councils announce a series of cuts to bus services.

up to 2,000 people came to a rally against cuts in Liverpool last Saturday.