Barnet, Lambeth, Nottinghamshire, Chelmsford: anti-cuts movement grows
Barnet By Vicki Morris Two hundred Barnet workers and residents took part in a Barnet Public Services Alliance meeting on 23 September. We heard speakers from Anti Academies Alliance, London Health Emergency and the Whittington Hospital campaign, plus film director Ken Loach. The speeches from the floor were very animated, including GMB president, Mary Turner, residents with relatives in sheltered housing schemes, disability activists, and local trades unionists John Burgess (Unison), Paul Coles (GMB) and Keith Nason (NUT). A collection raised more than £200; there is a follow-up meeting on...