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UK Public sector cuts Newswire Archive

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British government announces unprecedented social cuts

21-10-2010 13:33

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s autumn spending review has introduced the most savage package of public spending cuts ever seen in Britain. Half a million public-sector jobs will be lost as £83 billion, or $128 billion, is cut from the budget. Another half million private-sector jobs will go as a result.

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Coalition Against Austerity Cuts, Downing Street, London - Pictures

21-10-2010 02:00

Scuffles Outside Downing Street.
On the day the coalition Government announce major and severe cuts in public sector spending in the domestic British economy, and a day after the announcement of an 8% cut in military spending, campaigners against the cuts assemble in London to march on Downing Street to object to the scale of the cuts.

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Photos - Oct 20th - Lancaster protest against the cuts!

21-10-2010 01:52

Lancaster Protest Rally Outside Town Hall
There was a good turnout - estimated to be between 250 - 300 local people, who assembled to show their outrage against the massive cuts announced today.

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Lancaster and Morecambe Against the Cuts!

20-10-2010 21:51

Rally against the cuts at short notice at Lancaster Town Hall, organising meeting after in WMC.

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Vince Cable office reception occupied

20-10-2010 19:12

A group of students have occupied the reception area of department for business innovation and skills on Victoria street.

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A Tale of Two Nations: Red Hot France; Tepid Britain

20-10-2010 17:26

France is grinding to a standstill as millions of workers and students erupt in the streets at the government’s prposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Across the Channel, the new Tory Chancellor has announced savage cuts in public expenditures that will slice away more than a million jobs, drive workers out of south east England and doom the country to years of austerity (unequally imposed, bien sur.) Yet the response has been muted.

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Squatted Police Station Resisting Eviction

20-10-2010 17:25

Quote from the occupiers:

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Social housing cuts while large-landowner benefit-payments are preserved

20-10-2010 16:21

There is no suggestion by the Chancellor or other Government spokespersons of cutting Common Agricultural Payment welfare payments as a contribution to the current austerity savings and there is no mention of such cuts in today’s Spending Review announced by Osborne. Currently, the taxpayer pay £10 billion a year to the EU - of which £3.4 billion comes back mainly to large landowners.

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Major cuts throughout Britain’s National Health Service

20-10-2010 13:02

Major cuts are being made in health care, many of them the result of measures put in place under the previous Labour government of Gordon Brown. People are being denied essential treatments, condemning many to unnecessary suffering and even death.

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Tory multimillionaire witch-hunts welfare claimants

20-10-2010 12:50

Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne has announced legislation that will penalise and force into destitution hundreds of thousands of the poorest people in Britain, who are dependent on welfare benefits.

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Oxford Citizens Protest Cuts on Carfax Tower

20-10-2010 10:51

As the government announced serious cuts to services across the country, a group of Oxfordshire residents used prominent Carfax Tower as the site of their protest against the policy.

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Yorkshire Anti-Cuts Rally: Sheffield 23 Oct now with added feeder march

20-10-2010 09:58

major TUC organised rally but now with added feeder march from SWP led Right To Work network from Sheffield uni...

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Mad Pride, Anti-Cuts Demo - London Oct 26th 2010 - 1pm

20-10-2010 02:23

Mad Pride demonstration 26th October poster
Mad Pride is supporting a demonstration by survivors of the mental health system are doing on the 26th October against the cuts to benefits and services. It will be at Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, UK. This will be in the wake of the Governments Spending Review. We are calling for a 24 hour medication strike on that day. Politicians will be executed at the traditional site of Tyburn.

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Message of Solidarity with the workers and students of France

20-10-2010 00:13

Message of Solidarity with the workers and students of France from the exploited masses of the United States

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Political Descent Poll

19-10-2010 21:41

Damage to County Hall
Just how far would you go? Is the criminal damage done to Nottingham County Hall ever justified, let us know what your opinion is in this Poll!

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Southend On Sea...Time To Get Up

19-10-2010 15:06

Cuts being announced Wednesday affecting all of us...Time to mobilise and make ourselves heard..

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Government announces massive cuts ahead of UK public spending review

19-10-2010 12:08

Announcements of the “reform” of university funding and public sector pensions and abolition of government quangos have been made in the run-up to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government’s October 20 Comprehensive Spending Review.

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Don't let the Lib Dems break their promise on fees! Demonstrate at Lib Dem HQ

18-10-2010 17:06

Student activists will be protest outside Lib Dem Headquarters in London on Monday 25 October, to demand they keep their promise to oppose higher fees. Join us!

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Austerity? Fuck No! Everyone To Downing St, Oct 20th 6pm

15-10-2010 16:46

Everyone to the streets!
There is a general call-out for everyone who can to go to Downing St on Weds Oct 20th at 6pm on the day that the Con-Dem government announces its regime of cuts in public spending. It's vital to take our resistance out onto the streets of London in a fashion that has not been seen since the time of the protests against the Iraq War.

Spreading this date and time and intention as far and as wide as possible through your email lists, facebook, twitter etc is a good idea. Word of mouth is a great way to get people out.

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Southend Coalition Against The Cuts

14-10-2010 23:19

Time to get organised against the government cuts - these will affect each and every one of us..Our jobs, pensions, benefits, education, public services are all to be slashed as the Tories return to finish what Thatcher started.
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