Cuts for us, business as usual for them

Venue: Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street WC1 Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a leaflet advertising this meeting.

Speakers so far:

• Alex Gordon President, RMT Transport Union
• Andrew Baisley Secretary, Camden National Union of Teachers (NUT)
• Imran Khan Human Rights Lawyer, People’s Charter
• Tracy Edwards Youth Officer, Public & Commercial Services union (PCS)
• Candy Udwin Central London Right to Work
• Raj Chada Chair of Holborn & St Pancras Constituency Labour Party (pc)

Council cuts of £80 - £100 million by 2014. Privatisation in the NHS. The threat of cuts and Academies to Camden schools. The capping of Housing Benefit and freezing of child benefit. Meanwhile bonuses for directors and bankers have bounced back. How do we expose the propaganda that there is no alternative and organise to defeat the slashing of services that tens of thousands rely on?

■ Most Camden council employees will face a two-year pay freeze, amounting to a substantial pay cut. For the lowest paid increases of £250 a year, if they get them, come to just 1%-2% at a time when inflation is running at more than 5%. ■ Thousands of local authority and other public sector jobs in the borough are under threat; ■ Spending on education may be chopped in real terms by as much as 25% over the next four years; ■ Caps on Housing Benefit levels will make Camden a ‘no-go’ area for many private sector tenants at a time when the prospects for social housing are bleak; ■ Cuts in welfare benefits and tax credits will add up to £11 billion while banks get off with a light annual levy. ■ Corporation tax – already among the lowest in Europe - will fall from the current 28% by a percentage point each year for the next four years.