Posts Tagged ‘ south west ’

‘How the cuts will hurt you – and how to fight them’

Cornwall Anti-Cuts Alliance are hosting a public meeting on the 28th April about the effect the cuts in Cornwall will have on our communities. As the name implies, the event will also aim at building the campaign in Cornwall against these cuts. We’ve seen in recent months news of hundreds of job losses at Treliske, [ READ MORE ]

The national movement made local – updates for action in Cornwall

There are a few events taking place over the next coming of months which might not be worth missing. The recent Supporting People demonstration outside County Hall showed that more and more are willing to actively oppose the cuts – but there’s a lot more on its way. Firstly, the increasing activity on the anti-cuts [ READ MORE ]

South West Students to Lobby MPs to Save EMA

On Wednesday students from across the South West, including Devon and Cornwall, will be travelling up to Parliament to lobby their MPs not to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance. The vote to decide the fate of EMAs, put forward by Labour MPs, will be on the day, and will coincide with protests in London and [ READ MORE ]

Plymouth economics professor believes cuts could ‘dislocate’ local economy

A respected economics professor from the University of Plymouth visited Truro College on Friday, and described damningly the dangerous gamble Cameron and Osbourne are taking by inflicting the biggest cuts upon the public sector since the 1930s.   Professor Peter Gripaios said the cuts, which failed to fix the British economy then, are unlikely to [ READ MORE ]

The Cuts in Cornwall

Though the cuts outlined in the coalition’s spending review have not yet taken hold, it will not be long before many people in Cornwall are adversely affected by this assault on the public sector. Debate seems almost theoretical at present – who will get hit hardest, where and what percentage the cuts are going to [ READ MORE ]

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