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People’s Charter Convention - Sat 21 Nov

The LRC formally endorsed The People’s Charter at our Annual Conference on Saturday 14th November. The resolution was moved by the RMT union. [continue...]

Queen’s Speech ‘hardly inspirational’

The Government has today set out in the Queen’s Speech its legislative agenda for the period up until the General Election. [continue...]

LRC Conference: Building the Resistance - Sat 14 Nov

The LRC’s national conference and AGM ‘Building the Resistance’ was held at the Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London on Saturday 14th November.  [continue...]

Government selling off the family silver

On Monday 12th October, Gordon Brown announced a programme of privatisations of Government assets worth £16bn. This included the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the Royal Mint, Ordnance Survey, and tens of thousands of council homes. [continue...]

8th anniversary: Bring troops home from Afghanistan

. . . LRC calls for end to conflict twice as long as First World War Today (Wed 7 Oct 2009) marks the 8th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. It is a conflict in which tens of thousands of Aghans have been killed, as well as 220 British troops. The war has now lasted twice as long as the First World War - and yet there are still no clear objectives.
John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said:
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Postal workers fight for the future of the service

CWU members in Royal Mail have been taking strike action to defend jobs, terms and conditions, and the future of the UK postal service. To learn more about the dispute, download the LRC flyer ‘Support the Postal Workers’. You can download this briefing sheet to circulate via email or print off to give out at meetings. [continue...]

Cutting our way to defeat?

There is now a consensus among the three main parties that there needs to be drastic cuts in public expenditure. We do not agree. The crisis was not caused by public expenditure but by the failure of private markets and an excess of private debt.  [continue...]

Five steps to the return of Labour - Jeremy Corbyn

The latest crop of opinion polls make grim reading for Labour. Cameron’s Tories are now getting consistently over 40 per cent. The Conservative leaders’s message of tough cuts is clearly resonating well with the coalition of meanness that propelled Thatcher to office 30 years ago. [continue...]

RMT Eurostar Cleaners fight for justice

There is an important fight for justice and respect being waged by RMT members working for the Carlisle Group cleaning the Eurostar trains at St Pancras International. [continue...]

Labour MP calls for full public inquiry into Construction Industry

The OFT has today fined 103 construction companies for rigging bids for contracts. This follows the scandal of construction companies abusing its workforce through blacklisting practices, and increasing concerns about the practices of gangmasters in the industry and health and safety standards. [continue...]

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