Campaign news archive - May 2011

Save the NHS - kill Lansley’s Bill

The LRC is campaigning against Andrew Lansley’s Health and Social Care Bill, which threatens the NHS as universal, comprehensive public healthcare system. The LRC is working alongside campaigning groups Health Emergency and Keep our NHS Public as part of our campaign to kill Lansley’s Bill. [continue...]

Elections 2011: Labour must offer an alternative

People punished the Lib Dems for betraying their promises but while they were rightly condemned, the Tories got off lightly. This is because no party is challenging their central claim - underpinning the ideological assault on the public sector and welfare state - that it was public spending that caused the crisis and cutting public spending is the solution. The Labour leadership only offers slightly fewer cuts slightly more slowly. [continue...]

Vote No to AV

The LRC National Committee voted in February 2011 to advocate a ‘No’ vote in the referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May. [continue...]