REDUNDANt A taste of the real world: staif at St Goorge's Hospital, Tooting, protest at the announcement of 35 redundancies as the Trust wrestles with a cash crisis. This April announcement is likely to be the first of many NHS cuts. has embraced the failed Tory policy of attempting to raise private capital funding for NHS and other public sector projects through the so-called Private Finance Initialive (PFI. Not only has this brought all major hospital projects country to a grinding halt since 1993, but to proceed with it would add massively to the unit costs of struggling NHS Trusts.
With a massive popular man date and a majority of 179, most people would think that the casy option for Blair's team would be to raise taxes on moustry and top car ers in order to rescue vital and popular public services rater than carty the can for the crisis they have inberlicen But as Gordon Brown "boldly" hands over con key Sic of the economy to the bankers, it is cicar that only pressure trom paigners will ensure they are forced in this direction.
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increasing selection in schools and escalating the attacks on schools and teachers. But the election of New Labour will only make a real not resolve most of the problems macing our school The issues we fought on on before May I are still there. Socialist need to step up the fight to defend free, comprehensive and fully funded education for all. Taking that battle into the Labour Party is one element of the fight. Building campaigns like Fight against Cuts in Education (FACE) will keep up the pressure on the rovernment. The election of New Labour is the start of a new stage in the fight for what is needed.