Fighting the cuts
People hold big rallies to defend the NHS
Thousands of people have rallied in support of the NHS in the last week, showing their outrage at the Tories’ attacks.
‘School cuts are an election issue’ as parents, pupils and teachers protest
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Parents, children, teachers and others joined a nationwide day of action yesterday, Friday, against cuts to school funding.
Tory cuts gave the NHS one of its worst ever winters—and there’s more to come
Hospitals in England “endured one of the worst winters on record” this year, according to damning new research by the British Medical Association (BMA).
It’s right to fight the Tories as ‘Big School Assembly’ against cuts draws huge crowd
More than 1,000 people gathered in Mile End Park in east London this evening, Wednesday, in a fantastic show of opposition to school funding cuts.
Tories' means testing will mean the poorest pay most
Why should less well-off tax payers subsidise the wealthy with benefits and services that are not means-tested, asked right wing commentators as the Tories unveiled their manifesto this week.
Education fights can beat the cuts
Large protests and campaigns show the fury at schools funding cuts. A huge march through Lancaster last Saturday showed the fury at a Tory schools funding cuts plan—and potential to build resistance to it.
Forest Hill strikers battle on as Plumstead Manor strike wins
16 May 2017Strikers formed a noisy picket line at Forest Hill School in south east London. It was the eighth walkout in a struggle to stop cuts.
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.
NHS computer crisis: why we should blame the Tories
16 May 2017Years of NHS cuts and pressure to cut staff mean a cyber-attack weapon developed by the US National Security Agency has caused chaos in the health service
Labour is right on the NHS pay cap - now get the fat cats out of the health service
02 May 2017Labour has pledged today, Wednesday, to scrap the Tories’ 1 percent pay cap for tens of thousands of health workers.
Fresh strike planned over cuts at Lewisham's Forest Hill School
02 May 2017NUT union members at Forest Hill School were set to strike on Wednesday this week. The workers are fighting a planned £1.3 million cuts package that Labour-run Lewisham council is trying to impose.
May Day marchers take to the streets across Britain to fight Tory austerity and cuts
02 May 2017Trade unionists took to the streets last bank holiday weekend to mark international workers’ day. Around 1,000 marched in Glasgow and over 2,000 in London.
Activists call protests, ‘big assemblies’ and ‘question times’ in fight to stop school cuts
02 May 2017The battle to stop Tory education cuts is growing.
Tory 'tweaks' to disabiilty benefits will hit thousands of claimants
18 April 2017The number of people refused disability benefits has seen a massive spike in the past year.
School cuts could soon mean strikes after teachers back walkouts at NUT conference
18 April 2017Teachers in some English schools could strike in the summer term in response to Tory funding cuts. Delegates at the NUT union’s annual conference in Cardiff unanimously voted for the plan last weekend (see below).
Movement against school cuts spreads across England
11 April 2017Around 300 people met in South Gloucestershire to oppose the Tories’ cuts to school funding. Another 50 met in Leamington Spa.
Up to 5,000 march in Leeds against Tory health attacks
04 April 2017Up to 5,000 people marched through Leeds today, Saturday, to say “save our NHS” and oppose the Tories' cuts and privatisation of the health service.
Public sector pay cap drives workers out of health service—time to fight back
04 April 2017Millions are worse off after the Tories’ latest ‘slap in the face’ to the people who keep our public services going. Activists told Alistair Farrow it’s time to strike against the pay cap
Strikers say ‘come and see the difference we make’ before you cut schools team in half
04 April 2017Teachers and school support staff at three London schools are on strike today, Thursday, against cuts.
Backlash builds against Tories' cuts to school budgets
28 March 2017Over 100 people joined an angry meeting in Lancaster on Monday, opposing Tory cuts to school funding. The Tories’ so-called fair funding formula will see England’s schools losing
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