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Leicester City Council Proposes Yet More Devastating Cuts to Public Services. We say Build a Movement Against Austerity
We all know the story. Tories are cutting services in the name of austerity. Labour Councils are meekly carrying them out, claiming (incorrectly) that there is nothing they can do. But what is galling is that, three years on since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, Leicester’s Labour council continues to justify government cut backs […]
‘Worker’s death could happen again’ at Leicester Plastic Factory
By Leicester Socialist Party No one expects to die at work, no one should have to. But under capitalism the harsh reality is that private profit often outweighs worker safety. Tarsem Singh, an employee of 23 years for Nylacast Engineering Solutions, plastic engineers in Leicester, died in April 2016 after an industrial accident. He was […]
Major Private Care Operator Puts Thousands of Vulnerable People at Risk
The crisis in social care continues to worsen, as local authorities are being warned that they should be preparing to arrange alternative provision for 13,500 elderly and disabled people by the end of the month. The reason for this alarming advice from the Quality Care Commission is that Allied Healthcare – a major private provider […]
Leicester Leadership
Since the inception of the Premier League – the money bags version of a football league – to choose to support a club outside the ‘top-six’ is to choose adversity gift-wrapped. That was certainly the experience of Leicester City supporters when Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in 2010. Soon after, he bought back […]
3aaa Collapses – 4,500 Apprentices Left Guessing Their Futures
For the last two years I’ve been working as an apprentice through the training provider Aspire Achieve Advance or 3aaa. This all changed when the Education and Skills Funding Agency terminated all of its contracts with the company resulting in its collapse. There is now a police investigation into fraud at 3aaa and 4,500 apprentices […]
Workers in UK do £1.2trn of Unpaid Housework and Care Each Year
Exhausted and exploited workers are doing an increasing amount of unpaid household work. The amount of unpaid domestic labour has grown every year from 2005 to 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It equates to about £18,932 per person on average – £1.24 trillion a year, almost half the UK economy’s annual product! […]
More Party Than Protest, But Great Response to Socialist Ideas at Leicester Pride
With over 10,000 attendees including 3,000 people in the parade, Leicester Pride was the largest the city has seen. Although the atmosphere was definitely more in line with a party than a protest, people liked the Socialist Party’s message that we need socialist change to truly win liberation. Groups of more than five had to […]
Leicester Health Campaigners Demand Consultation on the Removal of the Intensive Care Beds From the General
Around 90 people gathered for a public meeting on Saturday called by Save Our NHS Leicestershire (SONHSL) to discuss controversial local plans to remove intensive care beds from Leicester General Hospital without a consultation. Campaigners believe that the removal of the beds will be the first step toward downgrading the General Hospital as an acute […]
Victory: Compulsory Redundancies Stopped at Leicester University
The threat of solid strike action has won a victory. The campaign by Leicester University and College Union (UCU) means the threat of compulsory redundancies is off the agenda for at least the next year. Many staff have had a hellish summer. They’ve been worried about their jobs and many have been forced out of […]
Prison Officers Walk Out in Protest Over Rising Violence
Like the NHS, our prison service is at breaking point. Ongoing funding cuts and forced privatisations are destroying this critical public utility, making life intolerably dangerous for both staff and prisoners. This morning, members of the Prison Officers Association (POA) union from across the country, including Leicester, took part in coordinated protests (not strikes, which […]
