Red Lines

A campaign run by Labour councillors to stand up for Londoners against damaging Tory government cuts.

[Red Lines @LondonRedLines]

The #costoflivingcrisis is leaving people struggling to pay for food and energy. Meanwhile Tory attacks on local govt continue unabated.
To coincide with today's #WeDemanďBetter rally, RedLines - a campaign run by Labour cllrs to fight Tory cuts - is relaunching.
Join us.

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

This is what real patriotism looks like, @BorisJohnson - British workers marching for better wages, living standards, jobs and public services

@The_TUC

[Islington Labour 🌹 #OnYourSide @IslingtonLabour]

A massive turnout of working people demanding better pay, demanding help with the cost of living, demanding better #OnYourSide #WeDeserveBetter

[Tom Copley @tomcopley]

No of people sleeping rough in London:

2010
Osborne becomes Chancellor:
3,673

2016
Osborne quits as Chancellor:
8,108

2019
After almost a decade of austerity imposed by Osborne:
8,855

This campaign is welcome, but own up and admit your responsibility for this crisis

[Feryal Clark MP @FeryalClark]

I'm honoured to have been selected as the PPC for Enfield North. Thank you to all the members who have put their faith in me. I will work tirelessly for every member, every resident and every community to win the next General Election and represent you in Parliament.

[PhilipGlanville @PhilipGlanville]

Fully agree with this letter, apologies for not getting my signature on it in time, very much chimes with my statement last week though on where new Govt's priorities should be & why ending austerity & funding local govt properly is vital: https://t.co/Hpov1OdZjc

#breakingpoint

[Jack Hopkins @JackHopkins_Lab]

My letter to Britain's new Prime Minister, urging him to end austerity and reverse nine years of cuts to public services in Lambeth which have had a huge impact on our residents

[Lambeth Labour @LambethLabour]

Our cllrs are sending a message to the new Chancellor @sajidjavid:

✂️ Tory cuts mean councils have lost 60p put of every £1 since 2010.

✂️ Vital council services are at #breakingpoint across the country.

✂️ Our council needs pounds not plasters - it's time to stop Tory cuts.

[Lambeth Labour @LambethLabour]

Our leader, Cllr @JackHopkins_Lab, has signed this letter alongside other Labour Leaders - we are asking Boris Johnson to give councils the injection of funding we so desperately need.

[Damien Egan @damienegan]

I have written to the new Prime Minister @BorisJohnson on behalf of Lewisham to explain how the brutal impact successive Tory governments have had on our borough's poorest families.

Lewisham desperately needs to see an end to Tory austerity.

[Richard Watts @RichardWatts01]

Welcome to your new job @RobertJenrick. I've sent you this letter about the urgent priorities @IslingtonBC & local government need you to act on. On each, there is no time for delay. Look forward to hearing from you.

[LGA Labour @LGA_Labour]

LGA Labour Group Leader @nick_forbes and over 100 other Labour Council Leaders have written to @BorisJohnson with our asks for local government funding - councils are at #breakingpoint

[Andy Hull @AndyHull79]

Important ‘Strengthening The Safety Net’ campaign by the @ChildrenSociety. Proud that, in 2014, the ‘Keep The Safety Net’ campaign, led by @IslingtonBC & @CripplegateFdn, rescued £74m of Local Welfare Funding nationally from central government cuts.

Once more unto the breach...

[Labour East @EofELabour]

Congratulations @LisaForbes_ the new @UKLabour MP for Peterborough

[London Councils @londoncouncils]

32 voluntary sector organisations and funders working in #London have signed a letter to the Chancellor @hmtreasury supporting investment in local public services in the next #SpendingReview @LondonFunders @PhilipGlanville @ageuklondon @StMungos @mhclg https://t.co/A8neDRxDQ3

[Richard Watts @RichardWatts01]

Utter nonsense on the North-South divide by John Humphrey’s on @BBCr4today. Tired of the lazy assumption all of London is well off. 47% of Islington children live in poverty after housing costs.

[Andy Hull @AndyHull79]

Powerful @BBCPanorama tonight about adult social care, then @BBCNews covering the threadbare council budgets which must pay for it. @IslingtonBC, like every local authority, is struggling to protect these vital services in the face of uncaring and ongoing central government cuts.

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

Overall spending on local services by English councils fell by 21% between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

"A proper national debate on how much we are willing to pay and what we expect of councils" is needed, argues Associate Director David Phillips.

Read more: https://t.co/A0OkvtruNh

[Piali Das Gupta @PialiDG]

.@TheIFS: “Current plans for councils to rely on council tax and business rates for the vast bulk of their funding don’t look compatible with our expectations of what councils should provide.” https://t.co/1Fl4SjEdcv

[Diarmaid Ward @diarmaid_w]

In an age of austerity, councils can no longer afford outsourcing failures...Great article on why councils are bringing millions of pounds worth of services back in-house featuring @IslingtonBC
https://t.co/idAOlfHlUP