All DPAC supporters who live in Warwickshire have been invited to consider this.
Rugby TUSC is attempting to co-ordinate an anti cuts electoral challenge across Warwickshire as part of building up to the County Council Elections next year, in order to mount as wide as possible a challenge across the county. We want to encourage anti cuts candidates to stand as TUSC from as many areas across Warwickshire as possible. We are planning a Warwickshire wide Public Event to launch the campaign.
The TUSC National Steering Committee has issued an appeal for trade unionists and anti cuts candidates to come forward as prospective candidates now and start preparing for the 2013 elections.
As I am sure you are aware, County Councils have considerable spending budgets – nationally they spend over £35 billion, employing over 700,000 workers. Warwickshire County Council has already made massive cuts to the services we all use, and there have been considerable job losses as a result. We have already seen the virtual wipe out of all youth provision in Warwickshire, along with the closures of fire stations, Care homes and libraries. Bus services have been severely cut back. Many working people and those being forced into unemployment depend on these services. Now we hear that the County Council is prepared to put lives at risk by switching off most of its street lights between midnight and 5.30am. This means, some major routes will be without lights. It also means minor roads across the county and Industrial/Trading Estates will be without lighting, making them much less safe.
A further example of the way cuts are hitting people comes with the news that there is much less money available from the County Council for voluntary and community groups – in Rugby, this will hit a homeless charity, the Race Equality Partnership, local sports groups and clubs for young people.
As a result of all this, Rugby TUSC has decided these cuts must be challenged as broadly as possible. Prospective anti-cuts candidates have already been selected to fight County Council wards inRugby, and we now want to set up a Warwickshire Regional TUSC Co-ordinating Committee for the 2013 County council Elections to mount a serious electoral challenge.
If you are interested in knowing more please contact: Pete McLaren pete.mclaren@virgin.net 07881 520626
