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NALGO leader Drain sounded off against the cuts at last week's local government conference: will he call national Council continues to find itself in the classic dilemma of social democrats running a capitalist Having now decided to implement in mid-year the 2.5% across the board cuts, the councillors have felt themselves unable to follow them through in the face of mass hostility.

Plans to close three play. groups were thwarted by the workers and parents involved refusing to accept closure and continuing to run the playgroups outside the premises.

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This action led to the social services committee reversing the chairman's closure decision.

All the cuts should now be "frozen" and not implemented.

Jobs held vacant

However council officials continue to refuse to to fill vacant posts in line with the previous policy of cutting by increasing the number of jobs held vacant.

The massive 'NALGO branch is still "refusing to cover for vacant posts; but at a branch meeting last week, weakened their action by no longer refusing cover Party members on the branch executive.

However the action has led to the closure of social services offices on two days a week when there are not the staff to adequately man them.

The NALGO branch called on the council to follow the lead of Lambeth in refusing to implement the cuts and to support the lobby of Parliament called by Lambeth council for 7 November.

It also committed itself to supporting its women's subcommittee proposal for a campaign to spell out how the cuts affect women.

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