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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 25 October 2010 |
 Saturday 23rd October saw the largest demonstration in Cambridge for
many years with over 500 trade unionists, students and community
activists marching through the city centre in opposition to the cuts
announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review. The march, organised by
SERTUC and Cambs and District Trades Council, drew in trade unionists
from across the region, with workers from other trades councils in
the region, Cambridge Labour Party members, pensioners’ groups and
students.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Friday, 22 October 2010 |
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Tens of thousands demonstrated throughout the country as the government
finally presented its ruthless spending review. After many months of
guesswork, now we know the facts – and they are every bit as bad as many
expected. This coalition of millionaires is set on forcing working
people to pay the bill for the bailouts to the bankers and their rotten
system.
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By Darrall Cozens, CTUC, UCU and Coventry NW Labour Party,
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Friday, 22 October 2010 |
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On Wednesday evening, October 20th, around 200
trade unionists, students and community activists gathered on the steps of the
Council House in Coventry in protest at the national and local cuts. Tory
Chancellor Osborne’s announcement of the cuts package was a few hours old, but
the previous day Coventry City Council had announced that it would cut £146
million over the next four years from a present budget of £809m. This would
have represented a cut of 18% but with the knock on effects of higher benefits
and lower council receipts the cuts will be far higher.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010 |
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Oct 20th - Today's the day. For months now workers have been dreading
the arrival of this day - the date chosen by this bosses coalition to
announce the biggest series of public spending cuts in living memory.
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By Socialist Appeal unison supporters
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Monday, 11 October 2010 |
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The depth and the scale of the damage that
the Tories and Liberal Democrats intend to impose on the public sector
will
become more apparent on the 20th October when the results of
the
Comprehensive Spending Review will be announced. Already the summer
budget has highlighted
the threat of between 25% and 40% cuts across government departments.
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By Niklas Albin Svensson
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Thursday, 07 October 2010 |
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Very rarely does one venture into the “personal finance” section of
the business papers. Maybe it is because advice on how to invest your
million pounds fortune doesn't seem that relevant to your life
situation. Sometimes, however, it pays off.
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By Darrall Cozens, UCU, Coventry Trades Council and Coventry NW Labour Party.
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Monday, 04 October 2010 |
 On Sunday October 3rd the - at times - torrential
rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of around 7,000 marchers as they wound
their way through Birmingham city centre in protest against Tory/Lib Dem
government's planned cuts. As Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary,
said speaking from the rally platform, ”If thousands could be mobilised against
the cuts in the pouring rain, just think what could be achieved if the TUC were
to organise such a demonstration. We could bring hundreds of thousands onto the
streets.”
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By Steve Kelly (Unite)
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 |
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Steve Kelly reports on a meeting against the cuts organised in the heart of Essex.
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By Ewan Gibbs
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 |
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According to the
propaganda of government and big business we have come through the worst of the
recession and are now set to prosper as the “green shoots” of recovery start to
grow. A recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements has shown that
for some this is clearly the case.
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By Patrick
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Monday, 20 September 2010 |
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This Saturday Glasgow once again showed that we won't tolerate fascists and the far-right on our streets.
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 17 September 2010 |
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The Pope’s visit to Britain comes in the midst of the most serious
crisis of capitalism since the Second World War, with a growing mood of
discontent among the workers. No doubt a little help for the British
Establishment in times like these from the Almighty will always come in
handy. The Pope is also hoping to boost the fortunes of the Church
after it has been shaken by scandals in one country after another.
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By Steve Jones
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 |
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The TUC has produced the latest and most detailed report yet
on the likely effect of the coalition’s plans to cut public services and
benefits. To no-ones surprise they have again confirmed that, contrary to the
government’s stated position at the time of the summer budget, these cuts will
hit the poorest hardest.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 13 September 2010 |
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Blair’s New Labour principles have conveniently provided a starting
point for the new education law the Tories’ have rushed through
parliament. This is intended to lead to a dramatic acceleration of the
academies programme, starting with schools judged ‘outstanding’ by the
schools inspectorate, Ofsted.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 13 September 2010 |
The Tories’ decision to cancel Labour’s Building Schools for the Future
(BSF) project is a blow to thousands of school children currently being
taught in the most dilapidated, uninspiring and antiquated schools.
They must now continue to be taught in substandard buildings
Labour, in it’s original programme, intended to spend £55bn over two
decades, and would have rebuilt or refurbished just about every
secondary school in the country. In Michael Gove’s drive to cut public
expenditure, it has proved to be too tempting a target to mis
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By A Teacher
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Monday, 13 September 2010 |
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Pressure, Pressure and yet more pressure. Life in our schools has never been tougher... here is an account of what's going on from a secondary school teacher.
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