Firefighters in England and Wales took strike action for the fifth and sixth times this weekend, between 6pm and 10pm on both Friday 13 and Saturday 14 December. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union (FBU) General Secretary, said: “It’s now been almost two months since the government has been willing to meet for negotiations despite several […]
With recent events calling attention to the brutality rained down upon peaceful protesters by the police at the University of London, yesterday afternoon students and staff convened at the University of Leicester to support the second national ‘Cops Off Campus‘ day of action. Around 30 students marched through the campus, and then held a rally […]
Last night local campaigners against the bedroom tax from the Community Unite trade union and the Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation paid a visit to the Labour-run City Council to encourage our political representatives to put their electorates needs before their all-too-willing desire to implement the Con-Dem’s cuts agenda. Hundreds of signatures had been collected from across […]
Yesterday around 50 protesters gathered by the Clock Tower in Leicester to remember those whose have died and those still suffering as a result of the Government’s assault on the vulnerable, most particularly the disabled. A number of people effected by the Government’s assault on the disabled gave moving testimony to the gathered crowd, on […]
Today university staff across the country took their second day of united strike action. The three unions taking strike action had met on Monday 21st October with the pay negotiators, UCEA, but sadly the outcome of this meeting was not positive, as although the employers side were prepared to have further meetings with the unions, […]
According to a dull but informative report published in June by Her Majesty’s Treasury, the 2014-15 budget for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) totaled £26.8 billion: that is £25.6 billion for local government and £1.2 billion for DCLG Communities. This official report, which was penned to justify cuts, then proudly announced that the Government […]
Leicester has nine amazing (if serially underfunded) adventure playgrounds spread out across our fine city, all of which provide vital services to our communities; providing nurturing and fun environments for our children in some of our most hard-done-by estates. Considering that all children can use these facilities for free, these essential public services come at […]
Leicester City Council are in the midst of a budget-cut-frenzy; all of which are totally unnecessary mind you. Vital public services are being shredded by a Labour Council that cares more about punishing the vulnerable (be they homeless or disabled) than opposing the Government. Now they are out to destroy the lives of our city’s […]
The government of the rich for the rich aren’t too fond of people who work hard for a living; and so take every opportunity they can to attack such workers if they think they can get away with it. To help along their despicable onslaught against the working-class the government are also quite prone […]
Napo’s nationwide 24-hour strike, which ended today at 12 noon, was initiated in order to oppose the Government’s insane plans to outsource 70% of the Probation Service’s work to private companies such as G4S, SERCO and Sodexo. This was a necessary form of industrial action that was widely supported by the public. Therefore to expand […]
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