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Upper Street, London NI 2XP THE STUDENTS' union at the University of Liverpool is following the lead of the city council and fighting for a 'no cuts' budget The union (known as the Guild) has been dominated for years by Liberals and Tories, but in the last year an active Labour Club has changer the balance. Labour won all the sabbatical ant topped the poll in all the non-sabbatical positions.
Our candidates campaigned and won on the platform of 'no cuts' and a pledge to link up with members of the new executive have been as good Last year the student union treasurer drew up a budget of union finances involving £27,000 worth 'We came in,' explains this year's deputy president, Tony McMahon, 'with no intention of making these cuts. We didn't want to be in a position of moral opposition to the cuts but then imple'We put forward a base line of £510,623 com pared to the previous year's treasurer's base line of £485,683. The university's base line was £463,000. Ours represents a figure at which we can run the presented our budget, the university's working party on Guild finance was already waiting to turn down the position of the previous treasurer. We, though, weren't going to just discuss with them but to mobilise the university trade unions and students in support of our "The working party produced a report slamming the new base line. But when the finance committee met to discuss the budget, we had organised a lobby of 200 within three days' notice, which window meeting: "What do we want? £50,000! When do we want it' £50,000 is the difference between our was originally pathetic, but with the lobby outside the window, given the students' union the entire contents of a £30,000 reserve fund, and has agreed to renegotiate in six months' has accumulated wealth of £30,000 million, given by merchant benefactors who have long since left Liverpool. This wealth should be used to ensure no cuts are made. No departments, no matter how small, need close All departments at Liverpool, and indeed colleges throughout the country, should take a lead ACTIVISTS' DIARY 23/24/25 November. Deadline for delegates is 5 Don't delay, make sure your college sends NUS Women's Conference, Birmingham University, 10 November. All women supporters City London Poly: 'Women in the miners' LSE: Ireland and the struggle for socialism', 21 No Nazis in our colleges! Picket NF member Harrington at North London Polytechnic Holloway Road Extension Site. Every Friday, transport and pass resolutions of support for PNU's stand against the NF! • Miners' benefit, Bedford College SU, 16 Want to advertise meetings or events in the activists' diary? Write to Activists Diary, 328