TUSC stood an historic 561 candidates nationwide – the biggest left-of-Labour challenge for 70 years. Our candidates achieved some very good results, despite a media blackout, getting around 1000 votes in St Michaels ward in Coventry, and electing a councillor in Southampton. We also achieved excellent results in Doncaster, Sheffield and London. In total, TUSC’s […]
On Thursday 8th May, the public gallery was full as the scrutiny committee of Leicester Council met to discuss cuts to voluntary services in the city. Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC) and Leicester Council of Faiths were both allowed to submit a response (although they were limited to just 5 minutes each to put their […]
A pushchair protest took place in Leicester on 30 April against the cuts being made by the council to children’s centres. Parents affected by the cuts to the centres and members of “Leicestershire Against the Cuts” (LAC) marched in opposition to the slashing of this service which plays a crucial role in supporting families across […]
UPDATE: TREC posted this article “We Stood Our Ground” which includes powerful videos of some of the speakers at the protest. Around 100 people protested outside the Labour Group meeting in Leicester today against the threatened withdrawal of funding for the Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC). Speakers at the rally made the point that TREC […]
There is no need to cut public services! Funding should be increased for the provision of public services, not decreased. Contrary to misinformation, our Labour-run council has plenty of reserves, which instead of being used to pay employees’ redundancy payments, could be used to keep services open while it fought the Tory cuts. The Council […]
The Daily Telegraph predicted that 2014 will be another profitable year for homeowners, suggesting that “the spring could be a great time to go for that investment-cum-country-house you have had your eye on.” What a luxury for a privileged few, to be able to snap up another property, sit back and watch the value soar! […]
The following article was published in the Leicester Mercury on April 22, 2014. In 2011, Leicester elected an executive mayor. Today, this one person has more power over council services than all of the 54 equally democratically elected councillors. The previous system, where the councillors elected their own leadership and had more power to make […]
It is obvious to many that the Labour Party are no longer willing or capable of presenting any answers for the working-class. In Labour-run Council’s where their own councillors have the temerity to stand by their electorate and refuse to accept the inevitability of Con-Dem cuts such councillors are simply ejected (see “Don’t vote for […]
Across England and Wales the Green Party can boast of having 139 local councillors and they are in the favourable position of also being the biggest party on Brighton and Hove City Council. In the latter case, this means that we have the perfect case study to demonstrate what the Green’s will do when at […]
Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC) has represented the people of Leicester for the last 50 years, giving advice and support to an estimated 150,000 people during that time. Leicester is one of the few cities left in the UK with a Race Equality Centre and the city has been touted by the council, with their […]
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