My local hospital, University Hospitals Leicester, has had to apply for financial support from the government, after it has forecast going into the red this year by £40 million. Tragically, it is planning to cut £45 million in a “cost improvement plan” in 2014. This will only mean the loss of more staff, and further […]
UPDATE: On February 6, 2014, management at Gateway backed down completely and the strike was called off. This marks a significant victory for all the determined staff who are members of the National Union of Teachers. Over 30 National Union of teachers (NUT) members mounted a picket line on 16 January outside Gateway 6th […]
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 […]
By Heather Rawling — Leicester National Union of Teachers (personal capacity) My heart sang when I saw and heard them. Children and young people, marching and singing and chanting and banging drums. They were making their grand entrance onto the political stage and would not be ignored. Protesting about Leicester City Council’s plans to drastically […]
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 […]
Yesterday, on the National Day of Action Against Austerity, protesters descended upon Braunstone estate in Leicester to demonstrate to the Labour Council that they would stand shoulder-to-shoulder to oppose the despised bedroom tax. The event was called as a joint initiative of Unite Community and the Leicestershire Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation in order to put extra […]
Sandra Lee, UNITE rep at Leicester University said: “We have had our pay effectively frozen for years. Now senior managers are paying themselves large bonuses whilst 10% of our staff don’t earn the living wage. As far as we are concerned whether teach medicine or law, whether you discovered Richard IIIrd or whether you keep […]
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