What we stand for

• Jobs and homes for all.
• Good quality services; an end to all privatisation and the bringing into democratic public ownership of the railways and other public services such as fuel, water and care for the elderly.
• A free, comprehensive education system that gives an equal chance in life to every child, no matter how wealthy or poor their parents, from nursery to university.
• A publicly owned, fully funded, democratically controlled NHS, free to all users.
• A decent life in retirement; pensions linked to average earnings.
• Raising the minimum wage to the European Union Decency threshold of £8 an hour.
• Taxing the rich and big business to fund welfare and public services.
• The repeal of the anti-union laws, which prevent workers from protecting their jobs and conditions effectively.
• Opposition to all forms of discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs (or lack of them), sexual orientation, disabilities, national origin or citizenship.
• The defence of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Opposition to the European Union’s ‘Fortress Europe’ policies.
• We will strongly oppose the anti- European xenophobic right wing in any Euro referendum. But we oppose the ‘stability pact’ that the European Union seeks to impose on all those who join the euro. This pact would outlaw government deficit spending and reinforce the drive to privatise and deregulate the economy and we will therefore vote ‘No’ in any referendum on this issue.
• An end to the wars and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. We will not support any imperialist wars.
• Support for the people of Palestine and opposition to the apartheid system that oppresses them.
• An end to the destruction of the environment by states and corporations for whom profit is more important than sustaining the natural world on which all life depends.