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Tower Hamlets teachers strike against cuts to support for special educational needs

Bright Green Editors 9 December 2020 Tower Hamlets teachers strike against cuts to support for special educational needs2020-12-09T17:16:24+00:00 Labour Movement 1 Comment
Banner from the 9th December rally. On the 9th December 2020, National Education Union (NEU) members from the London borough of Tower Hamlets went on strike against proposed cuts to…
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Finland – the social contract to wreck the welfare state

Milja Komulainen 24 September 2015 Finland – the social contract to wreck the welfare state2015-09-24T13:07:36+01:00 Comment No Comment
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…
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Greens slam Osborne’s 2015 budget

Mina B 8 July 2015 Greens slam Osborne’s 2015 budget2015-11-19T20:48:30+00:00 *Society* 1 Comment
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…
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Thousands of Greens join national anti-austerity demo

Mina B 22 June 2015 Thousands of Greens join national anti-austerity demo2015-06-22T10:02:23+01:00 *Society* No Comment
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…
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There’s no community without common unity

Matthew Torbitt 11 April 2015 There’s no community without common unity2015-04-11T17:27:39+01:00 Comment 2 Comments
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…
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Brighton Council fails to pass cuts budget after Green rebellion

Josiah Mortimer 1 March 2015 Brighton Council fails to pass cuts budget after Green rebellion2015-03-03T23:43:31+00:00 England & Wales 8 Comments
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 &…
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False Economies and ‘Kamikaze Accounting’: the legal cuts that cost us more

Julia Toynbee Lagoutte 31 January 2015 False Economies and ‘Kamikaze Accounting’: the legal cuts that cost us more2015-02-01T12:08:48+00:00 *Society* 1 Comment
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,…
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Amelia Womack: ‘You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you’

Violeta Vajda 30 January 2015 Amelia Womack: ‘You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you’2015-01-31T22:15:10+00:00 Comment 3 Comments
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…
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Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else

Georgia Elander 7 December 2014 Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else2014-12-07T11:41:01+00:00 Comment 2 Comments
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…
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Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list

Ric Lander 5 December 2014 Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list2014-12-05T22:00:31+00:00 Comment No Comment
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…
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