THE MHS Assistant Secretary, Middlesbrough Trades Council FIRE brigades in County Cleveland are to receive less money for breathing equipment; and school children in the county are to receive no further road proposed last week by Tory-controlled Cleveland County Council. Other cut include fewer disabled, fewer home helps and care attendants for the old, specialist teachers for the blind am disabled. Children will be further hi • by end to language swimining lessons, grants for. school uniforms : lighting is also to be reduced.
The police, probation service are to be spared th cuts, though the kindly promised to recycle wasteBy Dave Burn Islington NALGO OVER 400 members of the Islington of Branch of NALGO took strike action for a half day on 31 July to protest against the level of cuts being planned by Islington Council. resulted Labour nurseries, social workers* teams and the Housing Department being closed for the afternoon. A rally and lobby of the council were held.
advance of the Tory government in implementing cuts March it chopped £4¼ million fromits programmes to keep the rates down. working Now it is talking about axing a further 10 per cent from all its services in response to the Tories' 5 per cent cut in the rate support grant to local authorities.
taken away needed services to the people of the borough. The council is threatening to RE defend THE our health ice.
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