Tag Archives: austerity

By Dave Reid The more things change, the more they stay the same. Eluned Morgan has taken over as leader of Welsh Labour, the third First Minister of Wales in five months. She was nominated unopposed and will be crowned First Minister on August 6th. But the more the personnel at the top of Welsh government changes the more things ...

By Theo Sharieff, Socialist Party Executive Committee The list of issues landing in the next Labour-led government’s in tray is going to be a long one. But high on the priority list for millions of working-class and young people will be the rotten state of British public services and infrastructure, in some cases literally. 14 years since the unleashing of ...

By Dave Reid Junior doctors went on strike at hospitals across Wales for three days January 15th -17th. At UHW hospital in Cardiff doctors chanted “Claps don’t pay the bills” on a very lively picket line. Hundreds of junior doctors attended the rally at the Senedd on the 2nd day of strike action. Some junior doctors earn just £13.65 an ...

From airstrikes on Yemen to the Post Office scandal… Editorial from The Socialist Issue 1258 Hundreds of thousands people took to the streets of London and other towns and cities on 13 January 2024 in the first mass protests of the year against the ongoing slaughter of the Palestinians. The demonstrations were fuelled by huge anger at the Tory government ...

What is the point of a Welsh Labour government if it merely passes on UK Tory cuts? By Dave Reid Happy New Year! – the Welsh government has put forward a devastating budget for public services in Wales for 2024. The figures are terrifying: £1.3 billion of cuts in real terms since 2021, even though Welsh Government ministers have said ...

By John Williams and Dave Reid Unite members at Cardiff council have started a two-week strike on 4 September which will be followed by a three week strike starting on 25 September unless the council agrees to an increase in pay. Council workers in Unite are also striking in Wrexham and will soon be followed by Gwynedd. However, there’s a ...

By Mark Evans (Carmarthenshire County Unison Branch Secretary (personal capacity) Unison Local Government Service Group Executive personal capacity) The Welsh Labour government has threatened new round of cuts to Welsh public services, incredibly including to the NHS (already on its knees), citing a £900 million hole in Welsh public finances. The Socialist Party has highlighted how the Welsh Assembly Labour Government ...

By Dave Reid The next UK government is likely to be a Labour government led by Keir Starmer. The huge lead that Starmer currently enjoys is not a vote of confidence in him, the current leadership of the Labour Party or their (non) policies. Rather it is a reflection of the disgust with the divided Tory party and the effects ...

By John Williams 750,000 people visited a food bank for the first time last year, an increase of 37%, according to the Trussell Trust, a UK food bank charity. It gave out nearly three million food parcels in 2022-23 and there’s no signs of this slowing down. However, according to Bank of England economist Huw Pill, we need to “accept” ...

By John Williams (Cardiff East Socialist Party) Labour-led Cardiff city council are attempting to push through the privatisation of St David’s Hall, (currently in public hands) to Live-Nation, quoting a maintenance backlog of £55m- which is actually more like £9m, according to the campaign organisers against the plans. They’ve refused to seek alternative funding streams, despite a signed letter from ...