councils
Councils need to fight the Tories' demands for cuts - including those run by Labour
04 July 2017Even if councils stopped filling in potholes, maintaining parks and open spaces it wouldn’t be enough to satisfy the Tories’ demand for cuts.
Social workers at Kirklees council plan a two-day strike against outsourcing
27 June 2017Social workers at Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
Workers fight planned closure of Sheffield jobcentre with a five-day strike
13 June 2017Jobcentre workers in Sheffield began a five-day strike on Monday of this week against Tory plans to close their office.
Barnet’s Tory council retreats from selloffs
16 May 2017Anti-cuts campaigners in Barnet were celebrating a breakthrough after the Tory-run north London council decided to keep its waste, recycling and street cleaning services in-house.
Reports round-up: London Bridge 3 dispute to spread across Tube
09 May 2017Also: Bectu conference | DHL pay victory | EHRC cuts strike dates | Scottish councils pay ballot | Abortion demo in Birmingham | March remembers mining disaster in Barnsley
Ahead of Thursday’s elections - councils in Scotland have earned voters’ disdain
02 May 2017Viewing the results of Thursday’s Scottish council elections as purely a barometer of attitudes to independence, or of Brexit, would be a mistake.
Reports round-up
18 April 2017Includes short reports from the latest strikes in manufacturing, IT services, higher education, local government, plus news from abortion rights, housing and climate change campaigns
Labour council pays £80,000 a year for consultants to push Haringey demolitions
04 April 2017Haringey council’s plans to demolish seven estates in the north London borough took another step forward this week. The £2 billion redevelopment project is the biggest of its kind in London and will set a dangerous precedent if it’s allowed to go ahead.
Teaching assistants keep up action against pay cuts in Derby and Durham
21 February 2017Also: will the SNP satisfy Glasgow council strikers?
Tory ‘gentleman’s agreement’ shames the nasty party that slashed social care
14 February 2017Tory ministers made a dodgy deal to increase social care funding with the leader of a Tory-run county council that includes several top MPs’ constituencies.
Tory housing policy papers over the cracks and won't solve the crisis
07 February 2017The Tories’ Housing White Paper released this week marks a shift away from the pretence that everyone can buy their own home.
Striking teaching assistants besiege Derby council to overturn huge pay cut
31 January 2017Around 150 teaching assistants (TAs) descended on Derby Council’s head office on Tuesday blowing whistles, ringing bells and waving flags and placards.
Tenants outraged as Labour council drives through Tory demolition
31 January 2017Haringey residents are taking on the council over “redevelopment” that would destroy seven estates in north London writes Alistair Farrow
Glasgow council IT strikers show how to defend conditions
24 January 2017Glasgow council IT workers voted last week to accept a deal that protects their jobs, terms and conditions and current employment status in the event of privatisation.
'We're not moving': revolt against plans to wreck council estates
19 January 2017Tenants and residents in Haringey, north London, are fighting plans that could bulldoze seven council estates.
Labour council threatens to use Tory law against strikers
17 January 2017A Labour-led council is threatening to use the Tory anti-union laws against a group of its own workers in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
Questions raised over Haringey council's housing deal
03 January 2017The plan to redevelop vast swathes of Haringey, north London, had a spanner thrown in the works last month.
Glasgow council strikers carry the fight into the new year
03 January 2017Glasgow council workers were set to continue strikes against privatisation on Thursday.
Scottish Labour and the SNP bicker over who’s to blame for council cuts
13 December 2016Cuts to council budgets in Scotland could total £700 million by the end of this parliament according to a new report.
Why should Scottish FE college workers waste time voting on ‘not a penny more’?
08 November 2016Also: Privatisation opens third front in Glasgow council battle
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