We note with sadness the sudden death of Paul Berry, a staunch Labour Party member from Newick who had stood in recent elections.  Our thoughts go out to his family and  friends in the time of loss.  He will be missed by us all.  

The Save Our Health Service march is on Saturday 25th June, Gather at Nevill near the Green. (Wheelchair users are invited to join the march in the bottle neck.) Marchers will form up at 09.30 & move off  along Spital Road, passing the hospital & down St Annes Hill, High St, School Hill to a rally in the precinct where union , service users & disabled protestors will address the crowd. Details will follow

One of our neighbourhood teams led by campaigner Jonathan Spencer recently met  a professional mathematician on the door step, someone who was annoyed at how the Sussex Express appeared to have become and extension of Greenleaf and could not get his letter on this subject published. He told us, one of my hobby horses is the misleading use of bar and pie charts. “In recent campaign literature the Greens have been especially cavalier with numbers!  They print both a pie [...]

We were sent this photo of  Charlie: a younger supporter, at the recent ‘hardest hit’ march.  Which just shows that parties of the far left are still turning out banners.  Perhasp we should head the call of the SWP and look for what we have in common rather than our differences or would this be too radical an outlook.  The Tories and their friends the Liberals have always had one over on us because they don’t have the same kind [...]

Want to take a look at what the Coalition have been up to since that press conference in the Rose Garden, then take a look at this Calendar to get the full picture.  

Libraries are at the very heart of our communities, but many local authorities are being left with no choice but to close them due to the depth and frontloading of cuts being made to local authority budgets by the Tory-led Government. The effects will be felt across the country – reports suggest that up to 400 libraries could be facing closure, potentially resulting in up to 6,000 librarians losing their jobs. Closing and reducing access to libraries will remove or [...]

Our children’s future put at risk? All parents want the best for their children. That includes decent school buildings for their children to learn in. The quality of school buildings makes a real difference to children’s school experience. We need your support now to put pressure on the coalition to reverse their decision to scrap the Building Schools for the Future fund. Schools with temporary accommodation, or inadequate facilities, will hold back our children’s education. Do you have an issue with [...]

Join us today, join us in the struggle to make Lewes and the rural communities a fairer place to live, one where we make sure we preserve jobs and build on the recovery, where we look after the many not the few, and where frontline services in health and education are protected whatever the economic climate. All you have to do is click on the contact link above and fill out your details on the contact page and you have [...]

The next Branch Meeting is on Tuesday 31st May at 7.30pm in 3 North Street, Lewes.  We hope to have a celebration Party for members and supporters before this date, probably Sunday 29th May (Save the date) At the branch meeting will be discussing amongst other items our continuing campaigns, the massively increased vote in the local elections and our strategy for Town and Country wards.

This Tory-led Government has launched an unprecedented attack on young people in our country. Lib Dem support is crucial to the success of huge Tory-driven cuts and attacks on our young people getting passed in Parliament. Many people who put their trust in the Lib Dems at the General Election didn’t vote for this, and are now having second thoughts….   • trebling tuition fees • chipping away at Sure Start • scrapping Educational Maintenance Allowances and the Future Jobs Fund – Tory [...]