Josh Lovell: Covid-19 and Fighting Council Cuts

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Josh Lovell, a Hertfordshire Labour County Councillor, speaking in late May 2020 about the situation of Local Government finance, in the context of Covid-19 and austerity that has now been hammering council budgets for now over a decade; and why the Labour movement must fight the council cuts. A campaign Josh helped initiate: https://fightcouncilcuts.carrd.co/# — please get involved! Josh's 'top level' take on what we should be minimally advocating: https://momentuminternationalists.org/2020/05/11/labour-councils-and-cuts-what-should-momentum-do/ Guardian article detailing some of the stats Josh outlines: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/14/councils-in-england-fear-they-will-have-to-make-cuts-of-20 Stevenage situation: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-05-26/fight-coming-council-cuts Photo: CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-dinnery/5168809160/

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