Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
			THE 150th Congress begins this week as outrage builds over this chaotic Tory government’s attacks on workers and those most in need of support from the state. In the time-honoured tradition of our movement, we need both an industrial and a political response.
The attacks are multi-pronged and designed to divide, demonise and dampen the resistance of working people to the government.
PCS members have been targeted under this strategy by the imposition of the pay cap and then by falling foul of draconian anti-trade union laws simply for attempting to exercise their democratic right to strike.
               Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
               In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
               Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend

               

