Lewisham Council cuts and spending challenges

The current Chancellor of the Exchequer , Jeremy Hunt has warned “eye-watering” decisions lie ahead. The Treasury confirmed the chancellor will announce “further changes to fiscal policy” in the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan. The one certainty is that local government finance will be hit. The Institute of Government and the CIPFA have published their latest ‘Performance …

Goldsmith’s Staff ‘Strike Back’

Goldsmith’s College staff, members of the University and College Union (UCU) took strike action between Monday 9th and Friday 14th March. The strike was called to address the sustainability of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and rising costs for members, and on universities’ failure to make significant improvements on pay, equality, casualisation and workloads. The hashtag is …