Big business’ corporate tax friends at HMRC are going to come under the spotlight for their shady backroom deals and it’s unlikely the government are going to like what gets found.

Report from the 24th January planning meeting for the People’s Convention on the 12th February

About 150 disabled people and other benefit claimants , supported by PCS staff from the nearby HMRC office were kettled by being surrounded with metal barriers placed between them and police as they protested outside the ATOS offices.

Birmingham is currently consulting on its budget for next year and is proposing £177m of cuts plus an additional £40m to allow for ‘budgetary pressures’, such as the aging population.

Northern Towns against Cuts. Saturday 12th February 2011. Assemble Halifax Town Hall

Saturday 29th January, 12 noon. Western Park, opposite children’s hospital

The members of the NUT at Rawmarsh Community School, Rotherham are to go on strike for 3 days this week. This is the 4th week they have struck.

85 Central Service staff, campaigners and the public attended a rally against the cuts and privatisation of Birmingham’s Central education services at Birmingham’s Council House last week

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