Drakeford launches manifesto for Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour leadership candidate Mark Drakeford has launched his detailed manifesto for Welsh Labour – and the Welsh government – if he succeeds in his election bid. The forty-page document […]
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Guest article: Justine Greening’s bid for Tory leadership
Bonnie Craven, applicant for Labour PPC (prospective parliamentary candidate) for Putney, writes about Tory MP for Putney Justine Greening’s leadership bid – and the lack of change it would bring. […]
Watch this powerful video: suicidal mother explains cuts will end chronically ill sons’ education
Hounslow woman Sarah Spoor put out a powerful and moving video last week in which, without speaking, she explained how government and local authority cuts had left her feeling suicidal […]
Labour slams ‘phoney pay increase’ for public sector
The Government has today announced further cuts to schools, hospitals, prisons, police services and armed forces to pay for what amounts to a real terms pay cut for many of the […]
Tory councillor removed after ‘lefty pleb’ and ‘Munsters’ comments
The Tories disgraced themselves in the recent local election campaign, with at least eighteen councillors or candidates suspended because of vile racist, misogynist or homophobic comments – and then the party’s […]
Tories try to bully school to take down school-cuts banner. Backfires colossally
Ursuline Catholic Primary School in Sefton, to the north of Liverpool, has been at the centre of controversy of the last few weeks after the school put up a banner […]
May visits Trafford primary school. Kids told: ‘Do NOT mention politics – or Corbyn’
Prime Minister Theresa May visited a school in Trafford on Monday, as part of her ‘campaigning’ for Thursday’s local elections. Last week, the SKWAWKBOX showed that Mrs May was taken […]
Excl: Uni of Liverpool – 220 academic redundancies. No notice, no consultation
As BBC North-West has reported this evening, the University of Liverpool – scene of student and teaching staff protests as part of national industrial action to protect pensions – has […]
Tory MPs take to social media to justify being on free school meal #listofshame. Fail
Pm Tuesday evening, the SKWAWKBOX published a list of the MPs, including 302 Tories, who voted to deprive over a million schoolchildren of a free, hot school meal – at […]
The threat to Children’s Centres – and a chance to help
In this guest post, activist Jess Tomlinson details the draconian cuts inflicted on England’s Children’s Centres and calls for help to reverse the decline. Children’s Centre across England are facing […]