Campaigners had a big reason to be cheerful at the events marking 70th anniversary of the NHS in Leeds, as the Trust at Leeds Teaching Hospitals had announced that they “will not be transferring any staff into a Wholly-owned Subsidiary during the financial year to March 2019.” Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party This is now…
Events in Leeds over the last month will have shocked many – from the several hundred who marched through Leeds in early June demanding the release of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (also known as Tommy Robinson, the founder of the racist English Defence League (EDL)) from prison following his conviction for contempt of court, to the attacks…
Parents involved in the Disability Empowerment Action Links (DEAL) group have pushed the Leeds City Council into ‘pausing’ their plans to cut transport. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Instead of implementing these plans this September, the council will now delay them for a year, as well as guaranteeing all that will be using the service…
We want to stay ‘100% NHS’! That’s the message from workers at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust who are currently balloting for strike action alongside 3 other West Yorkshire Trusts over plans to transfer them into a ‘Wholly-owned Subsidiary’ (WOS). Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Around 40 hospital staff and supporters took part in a protest…
In November 2016, workers at the Vine, a specialist education service were TUPE’d, (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment), into Leeds City College from Leeds City Council. A Unison member at Leeds City College The effects of the cuts imposed on services within the Council meant that Vine was operating on a ‘shoe-string’ budget cut…
You know the squeeze in the public sector is coming to a crunch when workers for an organisation set-up to try to prevent strikes themselves walk out on strike. But that was precisley what happened as conciliators at ACAS took strike action on Friday 11th May. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party The detrimental changes that…
For national commentary on the election results, see http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/27313/06-05-2018/local-election-results-are-a-major-warning-sign-for-labour This year’s council elections in Leeds were not too far off the national picture of limited changes, with Labour as well as the Tories increasing their seats. Although an election to Leeds City Council, in the context of the Windrush scandal and the Blairite smears against…
Last year’s launch by Jeremy Corbyn of Labour’s general election manifesto dramatically changed the shape of that election. With radical policies including renationalisation of public services, a £10/hr minimum wage and free education, it inspired millions, especially young people who turned out to rallies in their thousands. In council leader Judith Blake’s introduction to the…
Leeds City Council has made the decision to withdraw escorted transport funding for young people aged 16+ with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Parents (organised through ‘Disability Empowerment Action Links’ (DEAL) and students, alongside Unite Community members, gathered on the steps of Leeds Town Hall to protest against the withdrawal of this service, which…
What do a group of people dressed as ‘Maybots’, a mock trident missile and a samba band have in common? They were all part of lively and noisy march through Leeds City Centre in anger at the Tory cutbacks to the NHS. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Around 1,500 people joined the Yorkshire March for…
