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CHANCELLOR George Osborne was accused yesterday of cynically attempting to lay the blame for Tory spending cuts with Labour councils.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell condemned “ideologically driven, unfairly distributed” cuts, in a statement issued with seven Labour council leaders.
They warned that cuts to libraries, elderly care and youth centres are “tearing apart the fabric of our local communities.”
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
All the areas that cause working people to feel insecure have to be addressed, through a return to unashamedly pro-worker politics, if the horror of a Farage government is to be avoided, writes IAN LAVERY MP