Footage of myself and other candidates at Leicester South Hustings, at Highfields Community Centre – a local community facility, which is itself under threat because of cutbacks to council funding. This is at the hands of Leicester Council, which is overwhelmingly Labour-controlled. What is the point of Labour if it offers no opposition to Tory […]
The Azure card is given to asylum seekers who are under Section 4, awaiting a result on their claim for asylum. The card limits where you can go to for food and other essentials and asylum seekers live on a measly £36.62 a week. They do not have access to other benefits and are not […]
The five board members in charge of Interserve, a private company which has taken charge of estates and facilities cleaning at three hospitals in Leicester, take home just under £3 million a year between them. The company took over the contract in January 2013, when 2,000 NHS staff transferred under a TUPE agreement – which […]
Scotland has voted “No” – while it is a pity that it is Salmond and not Cameron who is out of a job at the moment, there is still grounds for optimism. Whatever the result – we would still have to fight against austerity, be it from the SNP in Scotland, the Tories in Westminster, […]
The £200,000-a-year chief executive of University Hospitals Leicester, John Adler, is planning to cut maternity services at Leicester General Hospital, so that care for “low-risk pregnancies only” may be delivered at the hospital. He says that a full maternity service is not viable in the future. Also, intensive care will be reduced from the three […]
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 […]
UKIP are a laughing-stock, the butt of all our jokes Whether blaming gays for flooding, or European folks For bringing skills and culture to Britain’s drizzly clime Farage sends a barrage of abuse – ‘cos foreigners cause crime Regardless of statistics, science or commonplace Sense, their leaflet goes on till purple in the face It […]
The oil wells are running dry, Companies are going fracking- Water pollution, risks to health, Earthquakes they are a-cracking. Billions spent on holy grail Of laser-powered fusion. To recreate the Sun on Earth, So expensive the delusion! Nuclear’s the way to go, All we need is fission. Handy for bombs as well, Absurd, deluded mission. […]
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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