THURSDAY 20TH JANUARY
7.30 PM Tottenham Chances, 399 Tottenham High Road N17 6QN
Haringey Council (one of the poorest areas in the country)have announced that they will make cuts of £87 million to our public services over the next 3 years. This year they plan to cut £46million !
Haringey Council (one of the poorest areas in the country)have announced that they will make cuts of £87 million to our public services over the next 3 years. This year they plan to cut £46million !
•Four older peoples homes will close alongside day centres.
•Youth Centres are also being attacked.
•The Council plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs which will really hurt many essential services as well as adding to unemployment in the area.
•Libraries are under attack
•Learning support staff in schools are facing job cuts
This government of millionaires is brutally destroying our public services.
Why should we pay for the bankers crisis ? Our jobs and services are under attack because of the economic crisis caused by the bankers. Yet £1.2 trillion of public money was pumped in to save the banks ! Meanwhile one million young people are out of work. While bankers grab huge bonuses and big companies avoid paying tax it is ordinary people who are really paying for the crisis. Now is the time to follow the examples of the school, college and university students who demonstrated against the rise in tuition fees and the scrapping of EMA which students need so that they can continue their education post 16.
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Public sector workers are facing job cuts and attacks on their pay and pensions. Now we need the Trade Union leaders to support workers fighting for their jobs with strikes if necessary and to co-ordinate action with other unions.
The Socialist Party opposes all cuts to jobs and services and calls on Labour councillors to refuse to implement the cuts or stand down to allow others to take their seats and fight the cuts.
What the Socialist Party stands for :
We live in a capitalist society where the profits of a few always come before meeting the needs of the many. We argue for a democratic socialist society whre the major corporations and banks that dominate the economy are taken into democratic public ownership so that production can be planned to meet the needs of the population and the environment, rather than to line the pockets of a few billionaires.
Join us in the struggle for a socialist society.
Haringey and Enfield Socialist Party are part of Haringey Alliance for Public Services.
