Cameron and Osborne have repeated again throughout this week that there is no alternative to their failing austerity programme. [continue...]
The ballot for the Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Policy Forum (NPF) opens on 25 May. These are important elections in the governance and policy-making structures of the Party. However imperfect these structures may be, we need to make sure that as many socialist candidates as possible are elected. [continue...]
Up to half a million trade unionists took strike action on 10 May against the government’s attacks on public sector pensions. The LRC sent its solidarity to all those unions taking part: PCS, Unite, UCU, the RMT, NIPSA and the ISU. POA members in the prison service - who don’t have the right to strike - walked out in defiance of the anti-union laws too. [continue...]
People living in ten English cities (Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Wakefield) will have a vote on 3 May asking whether they want an elected mayor for their city. [continue...]
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