Tag archives for cuts
Finland – the social contract to wreck the welfare state
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä - everybody's best friend? Photo: Ulkoministeriö Last week, over 30 000 people gathered in the centre of Helsinki, Finland to demonstrate against the Finnish Government's labour…
Greens slam Osborne’s 2015 budget
View image | This morning, George Osborne unveiled the first Conservative government Budget since 1996, which he claimed was 'a plan for Britain for the next five years to keep…
Thousands of Greens join national anti-austerity demo
This Saturday saw the Green Surge made flesh as thousands of Greens joined the estimated 250,000-strong national anti-austerity demo in London. This demonstration, organised by the People's Assembly Against Austerity, occurred…
There’s no community without common unity
Matthew Torbitt, independent candidate for Cheadle My name is Matthew. I am a 24 year old that is very tired and fed up of the political system we have currently…
Brighton Council fails to pass cuts budget after Green rebellion
Brighton's Royal Pavillion UPDATE: The council has now passed a budget which contains cuts. It went through on the 3rd of March. See our report here. ------- Green-controlled Brighton &…
False Economies and ‘Kamikaze Accounting’: the legal cuts that cost us more
We’ve all been there. That cheap bike lock which lost you the expensive bicycle; shoddy shoes that you have to buy four times as often. Hey, we’re young and poor,…
Amelia Womack: ‘You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you’
Amelia Womack was part of Jean Lambert's successful campaign as London's Green MEP. Since September 2014, Amelia Womack has been one of the Deputy Leaders of the Green Party and has recently…
Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else
Georgia Elander, a member of the Young Greens' National Executive, explains how the government's programme of austerity is hurting young and everyone else. George Osborne’s Autumn Statement was, if nothing…
Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list
For two years up to September the country was in fever pitch with friends, colleagues, families and strangers debating and cajoling each other on every issue we have. It was…
Legal aid reforms will create a two-tier justice system
By Adam Pogonowski Yet another example of the Tories’ determination to attack the worst off in our society is their proposed reforms to criminal legal aid. Legal aid has already…