• The anti-closure campaign meets on Feb 20 and then fortnightly on Mondays at 7.00pm at the "Approach Tavern", corner of Approach Rd and Robinson Rd, London E2. OVER 100 attended the February 18 working conference of the Welfare State Network on the Jobseekers Allowance and student benefits.
Its agenda was widened to include discussion of the current struggles against education cuts.
Platform and workshop speakers from the National Union of Students, CPSA, disability, low pay and health campaigns presented a wide range of information, and the conference pledged support for mobilisations including the March 25 demonstration against education cuts.
The lamentable failure of Labour leaders or the TUC to take From the CRADLE forward the struggle in defence of the welfare state leaves the Network in a much more central role than its relatively small numbers might suggest. Its newspaper, Action for Health and Welfare, now distributes 7,000 copies. A full national conference of the Network, centred on Education, Health and Pensions, will be held in London on April 8. Union branches, Labour Parties and local campaigns are urged to affiliate and to send delegates to the conference. • Contact Welfare State Neiwork, c/o 42 Braganza St, London SE17. Tel 0171-639-5068 ¡ Welfare State Network conferencei ... Manning Hall, University of London Union Malet St, London WC1
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