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UNISONCambridgeshireCountyand City Branches along with PCS Cambridge Branches are holding a ‘Picket of Pickles’ from 6pm on Tuesday 24th May atBridge Street inCambridge.
Eric Pickles is the Tory minister for Local Government and Communities whose policies of budget cuts have been passed on to local councils to implement.
In Cambridge, this means £165 million pounds of cuts to theCountyBudgetand £2 million for the City Council leaving our public services in tatters and more than 500 people facing redundancy and an uncertain future.
We are seeing the cuts affect frontline services with redundancies and closures for vital services including the fire service, social services, school support staff, libraries and the withdrawal of subsidised bus services leaving many people isolated.
On top of this, students have seen the withdrawal of the Educational Maintenance Allowance denying access to those from less well off backgrounds access to education.
With unemployment rising and economic growth contracting, we are calling on people to join a ‘Picket of Pickles’ as he has been invited to address students at the Cambridge Union by the University Conservative Association. We want Pickles to hear our voice and show him that the people of Cambridgeshire are united in opposition to the policies of the Tory led government.
Bring banners, placards, friends and family and let’s give Pickles a warm Cambridgeshire welcome!
