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LABOUR councils must “stop using the language of management,” Scotland’s most outspoken left-wing local government leader told an anti-austerity conference this weekend.
North Ayrshire council leader Joe Cullinane said politicians who oppose austerity must reject attempts to rebrand attacks on public services.
“The first thing we need to do is stop using the language of management,” he told a People’s Assembly Scotland conference on Saturday. “We need to stop talking about savings and efficiencies, and start talking about cuts.”
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER