Poplarism Follow

Over the next few weeks councils across the country will meet to vote on budgets that, if passed, will instigate the most savage cuts to services in living memory.

With massive cuts looming debates are beginning about the best way to respond. Should Labour councils refuse to implement Tory cuts?

As workers lose their jobs and homes because of the recession, MPs from all the main parties have been caught on a spending spree with taxpayers' money. Michael Lavalette, a socialist councillor in Preston, makes the case for political representation with principles

Keith Flett explains how the Poplar councillors in the 1920s took on the government.

Michael Lavalette tells of his puzzlement when first elected as a Respect councillor in Preston.