GLC: We will fight | Socialist Action 1983

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'LABOUR IN toward, or acquiesce in illegality as a policy in local government,' Dr John parliamentary press gallery last Wednesday. Two months after Labour Party conference had declared its support for defying the law to defend jobs and services in local preparing to ditch the struggle.

Cunningham's ment comes just when councils preparing the fight-back against rate-capping. On 7 November 100,000 local government workers London struck against the proposals. LaDOUl groups are preparing to set aencil bagels, vl lo no rate.

ILEA is set to confront the Tory proposals for £75 milion cuts.

cannot afford parliament cannot hint at, incline Cunningham told government, the leadership legality.

Speaking the November rally, Ken Livingstone spelt out Ine GLC's approach. 'I give a COTOMULOCT budget drawn up by the GLC Labour will be a budget which takes account of the growth of the last four years, is completely devoid of any cut-back in any ser vice or stalling, allow a continued expansion of the programme we have carried forward 'That is the budget we will pụt to council respective of what the government says our ratecapped budget should be. In line with the rest of the London labour boroughs we shall not make a rate, we shall not levy a precept under the rate-capped explainet that 00 I money coming in to meet all its outgoings. The GL will therefore 'prioritise the payment of wages and the provision of services. And I'm afraid we shall have to say to the banks, who we owe f2.5 billion I'm sorry you'll have to wait until after the LU. struggle is over. That will not only present City of London but also the government with the sort of challenge they have not this century? SCCU in local The line for Labour councils should be the one spelt out by Livingstone:

'We aren't giving up, WC aren't walking away, we aren't letting the unions just carry on that struggle and the members slope off in a series of by-elections dramatic gestures. We night with you We have the chance to defeat this government, to break its will, and to bring it down.