Fighting the cuts
04 April 2017
Up 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.
04 April 2017
Millions 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
04 April 2017
Teachers and school support staff at three London schools are on strike today, Thursday, against cuts.
28 March 2017
Over 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
21 March 2017
The hospital has set up a private company called Barnsley Support Services. It wants to transfer the hospital estate, maintenance, procurement and other support staff to it. Existing staff will be protected for a period under Tupe regulations but unions fear that the move will lead to a two-tier workforce.
21 March 2017
Around 70 people formed a loud, confident picket line at Forest Hill School for boys in Lewisham, south east London, today, Tuesday.
21 March 2017
Theresa May and her education secretary Justine Greening may have bitten off more than they can chew
14 March 2017
National demonstration in defense of social housing has been called for the 24 June
07 March 2017
Tory chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget will look after the rich and turn the screw on workers and the poor.
07 March 2017
Over 200,000 joined a demonstration in London. It shows there's a mood to fight, and win
07 March 2017
Chants of "Whose NHS? Our NHS" are ringing out in central London as thousands gather for the national demonstration to defend the health service today, Saturday.
07 February 2017
Some 1,250 Derby teaching assistants (TAs) escalated their dispute with their Labour-run city council this week.
31 January 2017
Health bosses have hired “bouncers” to shield themselves from growing anger at consultation meetings
18 January 2017
Shocking new footage shows Laura Nicholas making the admission at a public meeting
17 January 2017
Six education unions have denounced Tory cuts to school funding as a “national scandal”.
10 January 2017
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13 December 2016
Cuts to council budgets in Scotland could total £700 million by the end of this parliament according to a new report.
06 December 2016
Evidence of illegal strike-breaking has emerged amid an IT workers’ walkout, reports Raymie Kiernan
08 November 2016
A Labour council in the north east of England has told workers to take a pay cut of thousands of pounds or lose 100 jobs.
08 November 2016
Tory benefit reform has meant “grave or systematic violations of rights of people with disabilities”, the United Nations (UN) has found.