13/12/2023
Aberdeen City Council has joined the growing tide calling for a in Gaza.
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13/12/2023
Aberdeen City Council has joined the growing tide calling for a in Gaza.
14/11/2023
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/11/why-labour-mps-must-support-a-gaza-ceasefire
Why Labour MPs Must Support a Gaza Ceasefire In just over a month, 11,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. This cannot go on. Labour MPs must put themselves on the right side of history and vote for a ceasefire, writes former Scottish Labour Party leader Richard Leonard.
16/10/2023
Pictures show huge crowds at pro-Palestine rally in Aberdeen city centre Hundreds gathered in Aberdeen to protest the conflict in Gaza.
15/10/2023
26/09/2023
Our public services have been underfunded year on year.
The lowest paid workers have been repeatedly forced to pay the price.
Enough is enough. Solidarity with UNISON members taking a stand to protect our services.
22/09/2023
📣 CONSULTATION ON CLOSED LIBRARIES OPEN
The council have opened up an online survey for people who want to be able to use the six closed libraries.
We urge you to take part if you were someone who used these libraries, but also if you wanted to use these libraries but where unable due to their opening hours or not being aware of when they were open.
If you, or anyone you know, have any problems accessing the survey please get in touch with us and we will do our best to help, and highlight this with councillors.
[email protected]
https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/library-and-information-services/acl-consultation/
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12/09/2023
My proposal for Land Justice would empower people to challenge existing holdings that aren’t working for our communities and make sites like Trump International Golf Links, which are over 500 hectares, subject to a Public Interest Test.
The Scottish Government’s proposals for land reform are far too timid.
They’ll only apply to land over 3,000 hectares – that’s almost six times the size of Trump International – and they won’t apply to existing holdings like this one.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/6139966/donald-trump-land-reform/
19/08/2023
School staff to strike in 10 Scottish council areas GMB Scotland said the two-day strike in September will cause disruption in schools after members rejected a pay offer.
16/08/2023
A Baroness speaks out against the House of Lords Making laws is the primary purpose of Parliament but the process has so degenerated that it brings into question whether our constitution works
15/08/2023
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/beth-winter-keir-hardie-15052023
Keir Hardie set a standard we should aspire to Keir Hardie showed that left-wing politicians are not there to mediate struggles with the bosses in the hope of moderate improvements, but to fight for, and from inside, the working class, writes BETH WINTER MP