Press release on behalf of the Campaign for Socialism

The Scottish Government has imposed a real terms cut of around £95

million pounds on local government revenue budgets, in addition to a

£117m cut in the capital spending budget.

This continues a decade long pattern of Westminster government cuts

being passed on and intensified by the SNP Scottish government.

While the Scottish Labour Party has attempted to mitigate the effects of

these cuts throughout Scotland it has not developed a strategy for

outright opposition based on mobilising the trade unionists and

communities who suffer as a result of them.

The Campaign for Socialism therefore completely supports the action of

Councillors Matt Kerr in Glasgow City Council and Gordon Munro in

Edinburgh City council in refusing to support any budget proposals that

generate harmful further cuts to local government. We expect more

Labour councillors will join them.

We call on all Labour councillors to adopt this approach and we ask for

the support of local government trade unions, trades union councils,

community groups and the People’s Assembly for their support in

building mass resistance to these attacks on local jobs and services.

Contact :

Vince Mills (Chair) on 07814615224

Carol Mochan ( Secretary)