Newham swings Tory axe
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Newham Council last week, far from joining Haringey and Lambeth in refusing to carry out local government cuts, denied even that it was making any!
Yet the same meeting agreed to a freeze in staff appointments, £2½ million cut in expenditure, the axeing of all capital plans, the closure of an old people's home and the planning of 5% cuts in education.
made There was a 50-strong NALGO-led lobby outside, a packed gallery and a call made by two councillors, Ken Palmer and John Plant, to refuse to mal .e Cu call a conference to mı campaign to bring Tories down.
Silent
But the numerous Tribunite and other 'left' councillors sat completely silent, bowing to the lies of their Freemason leaders.
The two local trades councils had also colluded in covering for this gang of traitors by refusing to take part in the lobby or help build the local joint representatives committee against the cuts which has been initiated by NALGO and joined by the NUT.
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