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Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1981 · p. 8 of the scan · 479 words

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TRANSPORT SLASHED The Tories are slashing transport servIces Too. Al a time wnen more and more railway stations are working part-time, bus services are facing cutbacks.

For this deteriorating service, bus users have forked out for four fare increases in two vears For those using the tubes, it's even worse. Since coming to office four years ago, the Tories have raised underground fares by 300 percent.

SCHOOLS Nor are the Tories too worried about London's school children. wnue tney not fill in and return the form below?

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have led to large-scale redundancies among teachers.

buy privileges through private education, the state education system which all workers' children must use is going to the dogs.

Not only do they want to hold back schools spending power. They planned to break up the Inner London Education Subscribe!

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Return to : Socialist Action, P. O. Box No 65, London SW16 1NN.England. Tories wanted to break up the Inner London Education Authority - which would Authority and turn over to local councils the job of running the schools.

Had this been allowed to happen, richer boroughs like Kensington and Chelsea would have offered far better as Lambeth or Southwark.

CONFERENCE are called lor opportunities than poorer boroughs such WORKERS at Royal Pride furniture io wonder lnal at Labour s Wreatel London conference there was overwhelming support for a policy against the cuts. Its manifesto plans to reinstate council. all cuts in the bus, underground and British Rail services. A 25 percent remurdon m London 1ransporl lares. mo dernisation of tubes and a "lorry ban' there Labour will refuse Tory plans to hand over 70,000 council houses to local boroughs and to carry out a programme to •uu more come nouses ana to modernise council estates. Labour opposes the sale of council houses.

Most working people have had Dismissal notices were sent out. A section of the workforce was offered a rise TIGHT CONTROL That is why Labour Party members have to keep a tight control over the acmons or tael representatives on ta Al tnose elected onto une urle musi be made to understand that it was not simply the electorate who put them Because they stood as Labour candidates and not as independents, they must carry out party policy.

That means sticking to conference decisions. It means accepting re-selectior if necessary. It means sweeping London clean or lory wreckers and winning back our hard-won services.

Labour movement support for the Roy. al Pride workers has grown steadily.

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