Fighting Austerity
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Q and A on how councillors and MSPs could set no-cuts budgets and stand up to Tory austerity
Socialist Party Scotland Scottish councils and the Scottish government are drawing up budgets that threaten devastating cuts to jobs and…
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Politicians have a choice: Implement Tory austerity or set no-cuts budgets
By Brian Smith and Jim McFarlane, Glasgow City Unison and Dundee City Unison branch secretaries (in a personal capacity) and…
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John Swinney wields the Tory axe against jobs and public services
Philip Stott reports John Swinney’s budget for 2016 /17 has exploded the myth of an “anti-austerity” SNP-led Scottish government prepared…
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Killed by benefit cuts – 2,380 dead after Tory attacks on disabled
Simon Gomery Thousands are dead. They were killed after forced labour or income theft while severely sick or disabled.…
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How can we stop austerity?
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party England and Wales deputy general secretary Just six weeks after the general election – on 20…
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Low pay? No way! Join the day of action against poverty pay
Scott Jones, Usdaw shop steward (personal capacity) Employers around the country – large and small, including the public sector –…
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Dundee porters and Glasgow council workers on all-out indefinite strike – Build solidarity now
117 hospital porters in Dundee and 70 council workers in Glasgow are on all-out indefinite strike action for fair pay…
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Draconian benefit sanctions requires urgent action from the Scottish Government
Matt Dobson Benefit sanctions are creating desperate destitution for tens of thousands when their benefits are removed. According to Scottish…
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Labour slash council services in Glasgow as trade unions demand a No Cuts budget
Matt Dobson Over 150 trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners protested at Glasgow City Council’s budget setting meeting on 19th February.…
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Anger as SNP council votes through millions in cuts for Scotland’s Yes city
Dundee City UNISON, Unite and Dundee Trades Council held a lobby at the Council budget setting meeting on Thursday. The…
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