Cuts and Resistance

There is no need to cut public services! Funding should be increased for the provision of public services, not decreased.

Contrary to misinformation, our Labour-run council has plenty of reserves, which instead of being used to pay employees’ redundancy payments, could be used to keep services open while it fought the Tory cuts. The Council could then call on other Labour councils across the country to do the same.

On April 16, yet another protest needed to be organised, this time by local library users to help protect the vital services provided by Westcotes Library in Leicester. This was necessary because Leicester council are in the process of reviewing services with ambitions to make yet more cuts. This library is one of the facilities under review, and therefore could potentially be under threat of closure. (Fill in the council’s consultation survey if you live in the area.)

No cuts, no to ANY closures!

As the forerunner to the Socialist Party, Militant, proved in its struggle in Liverpool from 1984-87, there was a council which built more council houses in that one city than the rest of the country combined, which protected jobs and services and mobilised a mass campaign to force money from the Thatcher government.

The Socialist Party, as part of TUSC, still stands opposed to all cuts in all public services. We point out that the resources are there in society to invest in communities, it is just that there is no political voice to stand up for the interests of ordinary people. We are part of rebuilding that voice.

Leicester is one of the few cities left in the UK with a Race Equality Centre, yet at this very moment the council is in the process of making the Centre redundant by cutting their funding.  This is despite the fact that the Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC) has worked to give advice and support to an estimated 150,000 people over the last fifty years.

To help oppose the cutting of funding to such vital public services make sure you tell your friends about the planned protest this Monday (April 28) to be held outside the Town Hall. See you there at 4.30pm.