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From The Socialist newspaper, 19 August 2015
TUSC by-election boost in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Last May we fought in all 15 council and the Grimsby and Cleethorpes parliamentary seats.
The campaign focused on the closure of the Care4All centres in North East Lincolnshire. It was rumoured that two out of the four centres were to close. They provide day-care for the elderly and disabled and the Meals on Wheels services.
We received a lot of positive feedback from the residents of Croft Baker who were shocked and angry that such a vital service for their community was being targeted by more vicious cuts. People were glad to see somebody standing up against cuts and to defend services.
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate Dave Mitchell won 4.1% in a council by-election in Cleethorpes. This was up on 1.8% in the last election.
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In The Socialist 19 August 2015:
Socialist Party features
The Labour Party, Militant and 'infiltration'
Gulf War 'unfinished business' remains today
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Fascists caged, humiliated and driven out of Liverpool
We won't pay for their crisis!
Anger at bus service cuts in Sheffield
TUSC by-election boost in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Socialist Party news and analysis
Corbyn stand: A welcome upheaval in British politics
Solidarity with the Polish workers' strike
Government discrimination against EU workers
Workplace news and analysis
Socialist challenges right winger for Unison leadership
National Gallery all-out strike goes on as bosses sell off jobs
London tube's summer of strikes joined by First Great Western
Probation and courts union Napo needs socialist leadership
Uni unions ready Manchester jobs fight
Retail union must fight Sunday trading deregulation
International socialist news and analysis
Greece: Building a new left alternative after Syriza capitulation
Ireland: drop the prosecutions, scrap the water charges
US: Kshama Sawant leads Seattle primary elections count on 50%
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