UK Public sector cuts Newswire Archive
New Campaign to Save Care Homes!
23-02-2011 12:34
Save My Home 2011 is a group fighting to keep the Birch Avenue and Woodland View care homes open. The homes provide specialist care for those suffering from Alzheimer's, Dementia, and related conditions. We need you to get involved!List of people on Cameron's tour of middle east
23-02-2011 01:32
An interesting snapshot of the UK PMs friends... maybe this can be of use to someone...Ban Police Kettling - Campaign
22-02-2011 18:49
Kettling is being used to suppress dissent rather than to prevent violence. In fact it is a cause of violence. You can join this campaign and vote to ban kettling.Ban Police Kettling Campaign
22-02-2011 14:07
Kettling is being used to suppress dissent rather than to prevent violence. In fact it is a cause of violence. You can join this campaign and vote to ban kettling.Dual Power / Resist26! Organising meeting, London, This Sat 26th Feb
22-02-2011 10:47
Dual Power / Resist26 organising meeting this Saturday in London!#resist26 #stay41
When? Saturday February 26, 3pm to 5.30pm,
Where? St. Martin’s Community Centre, 43 Carol St., NW1, Camden Town tube
4 weeks to the big day!
What needs planning for before during and after the big TUC march?
Fightback against the cuts! Lobby Bristol City Council!
22-02-2011 05:22
On 22nd February 2011, the full Bristol City Council meets to approve its cuts budget for the following year.Big Society Bail-in in Haringey 19/02
21-02-2011 11:36
About half of the 30 or so local residents occupied the bank and turned it into a home - with rugs, chairs and cushions - to bring attention to the number of people that will face homelessness if cuts to housing benefit and other public services go ahead. The occupation lasted over half an hour, before the protestors moved outside to continue their protest in front of the doors. The branch remained shut for at least another an hour. 200 special anti-banks leaflets were distributed, and also over 1,500 leaflets publicising the coming borough-wide anti-cuts rally at the Civic Centre on Thursday 24th February.
BARAC public meeting Birmingham on 21st February
21-02-2011 10:35
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) is holding a public meeting in Birmingham on 21st February for any blacks who wants to fight the cuts.Play-In to save Blackheath Halls
20-02-2011 16:22
On Sunday 20th February a ‘Play-In to save Blackheath Halls’ was held Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ.George Osborne isn’t working’: Protest outside Chancellor’s Knutsford office
20-02-2011 15:47
On 19th February Protesters formed a ‘dole queue’ outside Chancellor George Osborne’s constituency office in a demonstration against government cuts.Talking solutions. We refuse to work ourselves to death while the bankers laugh!
19-02-2011 23:54
Does "Indignez-vous!" in The Nation mag deny Hessel a bestseller?
18-02-2011 17:08
Video from Tuesday's Cambridge Shire Hall Protest
17-02-2011 23:24
Video now available, so you can see what *actually* happened inside Shire Hall, as opposed to what the local papers and TV told us, which is what *they thought* had happened.IF you want to stand and be elected-sign the pledge-no cuts
17-02-2011 12:19
Article from our new blog
http://sussexsocialistresistance.blogspot.com/ Protesters fight to keep Metrolink stop open
17-02-2011 12:00
Young families and elderly people joined together with Cheetham Hill councillors Naeem Hassan and Afzal Khan to demonstrate against Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority's decision to close the stop. More than 80 people took to the platform of Woodlands Road tram stop to protest against its closure.Municipal employees in Finland win pay deal
17-02-2011 10:45
Municipal employees will receive a 1.2 percent pay rise starting in May following an agreement reached on Tuesday. Additional increases of 0.8 percent will also be paid according to job sector.Sheffield Anticuts meeting on 17th February
17-02-2011 10:05
Come and support an anti-cuts meeting in Sheffield 17th February.Anti-cuts march in London on 5 March
17-02-2011 06:30
National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) anti-cuts march to Labour's local government conference on Saturday 5 March 2011.Solidarity in defiance
17-02-2011 02:09
March sends message to Glasgow Uni chiefs
16-02-2011 21:47
Thousands of students marched on a meeting of Glasgow University bosses today in protest at "market-driven" attacks on courses. It took place as the court - the university's senior management - decided whether to consult staff over planned cuts.