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September 13, 2018September 13, 2018mbarker2012

Trigger Ballots and Mandatory Reselection

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017mbarker2012

Is Sir Peter Soulsby Learning Something From Jeremy Corbyn?

July 9, 2017July 9, 2017mbarker2012

FREE BOOK NOW ONLINE: Fighting for Our Future: Ongoing Struggles Against Big Business and New Labour

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017mbarker2012

Unions Unite in Calling for an End to Austerity

July 2, 2017July 4, 2017mbarker2012

Fire Chief Outlines Latest Hair-Brained Scheme to Close Leicester’s Central Fire Station

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017mbarker2012

“Fires involving fire spread via external cladding have occurred before” warn the Fire Brigades Union in 1999!

February 12, 2017November 28, 2017mbarker2012

How to Prevent Further Cuts to Fire, Police, Education, and Health Services Right Now

May 8, 2016May 8, 2016mbarker2012

Willy Bach Peace or the Military?

January 30, 2016November 28, 2017mbarker2012

The Fire Cuts Next Time

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016mbarker2012

Join the Campaign to Defend Leicestershire’s Fire and Rescue Services from Future Cuts!

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