Campaign news

LRC says ‘No’ to AV

The February National Committee meeting voted overwhelmingly to oppose AV in the referendum now confirmed for 5 May 2011, and so the LRC will be recommending that members vote ‘No’. [continue...]

Winning the argument on councils resisting the cuts

In response to the LRC’s leaflet calling on Labour Councillors to refuse to make cuts, we received the following from an activist:
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Vote ‘yes’ in the Welsh referendum

On 3rd March, the people of Wales will be asked to vote on whether our National Assembly should have increased powers to make legislation. Welsh Labour Grassroots (WLG) – the organisation of left and centre-left activists in the Welsh Labour party and sister organisation of the LRC – is strongly supporting the ‘yes’ campaign in this referendum.  [continue...]

Why councillors should fight the cuts

Labour councils are being put in an invidious position by the government. They want councils to act as their bailiffs, carrying out part of their attack on welfare provision. This is not what most Labour councillors wanted to do when they stood for election. Many councillors believe they can mitigate the effects of the government’s attacks, but the scale of the attack makes this impossible: councils carrying through the cuts are having to cut front-line services. [continue...]

2011 LRC Conference Report: Resist the Cuts, Rebuild the Party

The LRC conference passed the National Committee statement, an emergency motion from CWU on the Royal Mail, and motions 1-9 and 11-16 from the Resolutions booklet. Motion 10 was lost by approximately 2:1. [continue...]

Labour should listen to Oldham, and reject cuts

The LRC has responded to last night’s by-election result in Oldham East & Saddleworth – which followed the removal of Phil Woolas, which the LRC supported (statement here). [continue...]

LRC Conference: Resist the Cuts, Rebuild the Party

Come to the LRC Conference ‘Resist the Cuts, Rebuild the Party’ on Saturday 15 January. The conference will set LRC campaigning priorities for the year ahead, elect a new National Committee and officers and will hear from speakers including: Tony Benn, Christine Blower (NUT), Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP, Clare Solomon (ULU President), and Matt Wrack (FBU). [continue...]

LRC calls for NEC inquiry into Jack Straw’s comments

The LRC condemns the statement made by Labour MP Jack Straw that “there is a specific problem which involves Pakistani heritage men… who target vulnerable young white girls ... who they think are easy meat”.  [continue...]

The Cuts - the impact on LGBTQ communities

We are all affected by public spending cuts, whether as workers or in the services being cut from our communities. It is this government’s intention to make ordinary people pay the price for an economic crisis which they did not cause. [continue...]

Solidarity with ASLEF members on Boxing Day

The LRC has written to ASLEF to offer its solidarity to its London Underground members taking industrial action on 26 December. We note the strong mandate from members for this action who voted nine to one to take industrial action. [continue...]

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