UK Uncut street party in Manchester
Posted: May 27, 2012 Filed under: UK Uncut | Tags: anti-cuts, Austerity, Cameron, Clegg, coalition, Manchester, UK Uncut Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
‘Austerity bunting’, a ‘Clegg and spoon race’ and ‘upper-class austerity twits’ were all part of UK Uncut’s alternative jubilee street party in Manchester today.
The 1940s style party on Market Street was an opportunity for campaigners to have fun while showing that they do not support the Coalition Government’s financial cuts.
Attendees baked cakes, bought ‘austerity’ bunting and even had a pop-up library.
Local poets, a folk band and an all female choir all performed at the event.
Co-organiser Zoe Dexter said the street party was very exciting and was glad that so many people turned up.
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UK Uncut ‘alternative’ street party in Manchester
Posted: May 25, 2012 Filed under: UK Uncut | Tags: anti-cuts, Coalition Government, Cuts, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, Manchester, Nick Clegg, Street Party, UK Uncut Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
The anti-cuts protests group UK Uncut will hold an ‘alternative’ jubilee street party in Manchester tomorrow.
The 1940s style party on Market Street is an opportunity for campaigners to have fun while showing that they do not support the Coalition Government’s financial cuts.
Attendees are bringing cakes, ‘austerity’ bunting and there will even be a pop-up library.
Local poets, a folk band and an all female choir are due to perform at the event as well.
Co-organiser Zoe Dexter said that she is looking forward to the event and although she wants people to have a good time, the alternative jubilee street party will also show that UK Uncut supporters are against the government’s cuts.
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UK Uncut to host street parties and target protests
Posted: May 25, 2012 Filed under: UK Uncut | Tags: direct action, Manchester, Philip Green, Protests, Street Parties, UK Uncut Leave a comment »The anti-cuts protests group UK Uncut will hold a street party and protests in Manchester this Saturday it announced today.
The group will directly target high profile individuals they see as responsible for the government’s cuts, dubbed the ‘architects of austerity’.
The protestors promise that this Saturday’s protests will take a radical new direction and will not be quickly forgotten or easily ignored by the government, tax avoiders or City bankers.
UK Uncut said that the street parties are designed to resist the government’s cuts and celebrate the much-needed alternatives to austerity.
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REVEALED: Jeremy Hunt’s networking events
Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
Birmingham Labour MP Steve McCabe (Selly Oak) complained that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport failed to declare support from businesses which could be worth £27,000 in expenses.
Mr Hunt has now published some of this support in his register of interests.
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Remploy rally report
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Coalition Government, Cuts, Demonstration, GMB, IDS, Manchester, Manchester Town Hall, Remploy Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
Demonstration by hundreds of Remploy workers against the government’s proposal to close 36 Remploy factories took place outside Manchester Town Hall today.
The Consortium of Trade Unions – made up of GMB, UNITE and Community Union – attacked the government’s plan, suggesting that at least 1,700 staff could face compulsory redundancy.
The factories employ people who are disabled and who, because of their ailments, would not be employed elsewhere.
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We need the minimum wage for U21s to be raised
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: minimum wage, justice, Law, under 21 year-olds, equality, budget, George Osborne, petition Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
A petition has been created to pressure the government to raise the minimum wage for under 21 year olds.
The petition follows the Chancellor of the Exchequers’ announcement outlined in the budget in March 2012 that the minimum wage for over 21 (currently at £6.08 per hour) would be raised to £6.19 per hour in October 2012.
Gorge Osborne’s 11p increase will not meet inflation, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission. The minimum wage for under 21 year olds will remain frozen at £4.89 per hour, not meeting inflation.
Author of the petition James Imhoof argues that there is no evidence to support the government’s argument that the minimum wage freeze for under 21 year olds will help people get back into work.
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Your reactions: PM plans parenting classes
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bad parents, David Cameron, Nanny State, NHS, Parenting Classes, PM, Vouchers Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled plans to offer free parenting classes this morning.
Vouchers for £100-worth of parenting classes are now on offer from high street chemist Boots to parents of children aged up to five in three trial areas.
There will be a new targeted NHS email and text service aimed at those expecting a baby or in the first month of parenthood.
The classes will be piloted in Middlesbrough, Camden in north London and High Peak in Derbyshire. Read the rest of this entry »
PM says ‘we need to look carefully at Rochdale sex cases’
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: Cameron | Tags: Cameron, child sex abuse, House of Commons, MP, PMQs, rochdale, Tony Lloyd Leave a comment »By Ian Silvera
The Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Government needs to look carefully at what went wrong with the Rochdale sexual abuse cases at Prime Minister’s Questions today.
Cameron was replying to a question by Manchester MP Tony Lloyd.
The Labour MP for Manchester Central said: “Will he (Mr Cameron) make sure monitoring works properly, because it clearly hasn’t so far.”
Mr Lloyd’s critical question follows revelations that police may have known about child sex offences as far back as 2002 in Rochdale.
Mr Cameron said: “It’s a truly shocking case and we need to look very carefully at what went wrong.”
He added: “I think we need to look at why information wasn’t passed more rapidly from children’s homes to police, why action wasn’t taken more rapidly.”
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Coalition Government are ‘out of steam’ says Manchester MP
Posted: May 15, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »The Coalition Government is ‘irrelevant and out of steam’ according to a Manchester MP in response to the Queen’s Speech yesterday.
Labour Party MP for Central Manchester Tony Lloyd said that the Coalition Government has failed to recognise in their legislativeprogramme that there is a young, desperate generation seeking training, education or a decent job.
The 62-year-old warned that youth-unemployment and a sense a disenfranchisement will have a negative impact on level of crimes in communities.
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