Southwark

Property bosses and Labour right are scared of the revolt against redevelopments
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Property bosses and Labour right are scared of the revolt against redevelopments

A shiver of fear is running through the boardrooms of property developers—and the cabals of right wing Labour councillors.
01 February 2018
Inquiry into Grenfell fire carves out residents as blocks fail safety tests
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Inquiry into Grenfell fire carves out residents as blocks fail safety tests

Opposition grows to Haringey demolition plans. Tenants delay Genesis housing association merger.
19 September 2017
Protesters take on a rotten housing redevelopment in Southwark
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Protesters take on a rotten housing redevelopment in Southwark

Around 150 people marched against the proposed redevelopment of vast swathes of Southwark, south London, last Saturday.
28 March 2017
Questions raised over Haringey council's housing deal
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Questions raised over Haringey council’s housing deal

The plan to redevelop vast swathes of Haringey, north London, had a spanner thrown in the works last month.
03 January 2017
Jury at Sean Rigg inquest considers its verdict
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Jury at Sean Rigg inquest considers its verdict

The jury at the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg at Southwark Coroner’s Court was considering its verdict as Socialist Worker went to press.
31 July 2012
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PC Simon Harwood trial

PC Simon Harwood has said in court that he was "wrong" to use physical force against Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in London in 2009. He was continuing his evidence at Southwark Crown Court.
10 July 2012
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Sean Rigg inquest is a battle for justice for those who die in custody

Family, friends and supporters packed into the public gallery at Southwark Coroner’s Court last week for the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg.
19 June 2012
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Southwark meeting to defend NHS

Around 60 health workers and activists met at London South Bank University on Saturday to organise against NHS cuts and privatisation.
19 June 2012
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South London meeting against housing crisis

Tenants and workers in Southwark, south London, attended a public meeting last Saturday about the housing crisis.
22 May 2012
Southwark protests against cuts
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Southwark protests against cuts

Around 70 campaigners demonstrated outside Southwark town hall in south London last week as the Labour-led council passed a budget with £18 million of cuts.
06 March 2012
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Union branches back lobby of TUC tomorrow

The emergency lobby of the TUC tomorrow over pensions at 2pm is now backed by the London region of the UCU, East London NUT and NUT branches in Camden, Lewisham. Hackney, Lambeth, Ealing, Southwark, Merton and Greenwich.
18 December 2011
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Activists in Southwark organise to back 30 June strikes

Some 40 Southwark trade unionists from eight unions met on Thursday of last week to discuss the 30 June strikes.
21 June 2011
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TUSC stands in Southwark

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing a candidate in a by‑election in Southwark, south London.
22 February 2011
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Speech therapists to strike against NHS cuts

The Tory pledge to keep the NHS safe from cuts is revealed as a lie this week as speech therapists in Southwark, south London, prepare to strike.
01 February 2011
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Video shows second firefighter run down on picket line

Just a few hours after a firefighter was run over and seriously injured on a picket line in Croydon, London FBU executive member Ian Leahair is seen being knocked down on the picket line by an AssetCo scab fire engine at the LFB Training Centre, Southwark, London, Monday 1 November 2010
02 November 2010
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Video of firefighters’ mass picket

The mass picket outside London fire brigade's Southwark Training Centre,
25 October 2010
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Southwark pensioners ask who really makes council decisions?

The Southwark Pensioners Group in south London held a Question Time on Friday of last week with Southwark councillors.
21 September 2010
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List of budget day protests, 22 June

North London 12 noon outside Whittington Hospital Hackney 6pm, Hackney town hall Lewisham 6pm, at the clock tower Lambeth 6pm, Lambeth town hall Southwark 5.30pm, Elephant & Castle tube station Manchester 6pm, Piccadilly Gardens Newcastle 5pm, the Monument Leeds 6pm, Victoria Gardens Birmingham 5pm, Government House Sheffield 5pm, town hall Bolton 12 noon-2pm, town hall Southampton 5.30pm, town hall Glasgow 3pm onwards, George Sq Edinburgh 1pm rally, 5pm protest, City Square Wales 4.30-6.30pm, Cardiff Senedd
08 June 2010
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Face of Labour in Southwark refuses to be seen with Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown took Labour’s campaign to the streets of south London on Sunday – but prominent local Labour supporters refused to be seen with him.
03 May 2010
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‘They treat us like slaves’

Yasmin, from Southwark, south London, is an unemployed worker. She spoke to Socialist Worker about why she is planning to protest against Labour.
15 September 2009
Carole Vincent: the strange case of the missing police truncheon
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Carole Vincent: the strange case of the missing police truncheon

It took Judge Pitts just ten minutes to find me "not guilty" of the theft of an ASP type metal police baton at Southwark Crown Court on 17 August.
25 August 2009
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After Camberwell fire: Why did council say another tower block was safe?

Residents of a south London tower block, similar to one where six people died in a fire last month, say Southwark council misled them about safety issues in their building.
18 August 2009
London bus workers take protest to bosses
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London bus workers take protest to bosses

London bus workers in the Unite union took their protest directly to Transport For London (TfL) when they temporarily occupied its office in Southwark last Wednesday.
11 August 2009
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Bus workers occupy Transport for London office

London bus workers in the Unite union created a stir by invading Transport For London’s (TFL) office in Southwark today as part of a protest demanding central pay bargaining across all the city’s bus operators.
05 August 2009