Plebs and PIIGS banquet
5-7pm Monday 12 November
Guildhall, off Gresham Street, London EC2
Protest outside the Lord Mayor’s Banquet against the austerity measures being pursued across Europe
British Politics
Tories attack women’s right to choose
By Lisa-Jane Green
A reactionary campaign against abortion rights has recently been whipped up by senior Tories. Backbencher Nadine Dorries MP secured a debate on reducing the abortion time limit from 24 to 22 weeks, Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt re-stated his support for a reduction in the abortion time limit to 12 weeks (in an interview with The Times [paywall]) and Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller stated her support for a cut to the 20 week mark.
All out for this Saturday’s TUC march
Mobilise for this Saturday’s TUC march ‘for a future that works’.
Oppose the government’s austerity policies.
Labour, the left and the next General Election
By Nicky Dempsey and Jane West
The media consensus on the assessment of both the Labour and Tory conferences indicates a growing acceptance of the political consequences of what the polls are showing – that Labour looks set to win the next General Election or at worst be the largest party, and this will occur under Ed Miliband’s leadership.
TUC to coordinate strikes against austerity
By Sammy Barker
The 2012 Trade Union Congress was notable for three positions which appear to be historic, and one which has great immediate importance.
Osborne starts to lose his friends
By Jane West
The combination of the news that the UK economy remains in a double dip recession with July’s sharp and unpredicted increase in public sector borrowing were widely recognised as still further evidence that the disastrous ‘deficit cutting’ strategy of Osborne and the coalition government is failing.