APRIL 25..APRIL 25.. SHEFFIELD LABOUR PARTY BACK HEALTH CUTS DEMO

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organiser of the National Coordinat ing Committee Against the Cuts in the NHS (NCC). steps have so far been taken to build the 25 April demonstration against the cuts called by the NCC and sponsored by the National and Local Government Officers Association.

'On a national level, the National Union of Students has decided to sponsor the demonstration. But we are also getting an encouraging response at the local level.

Take Sheffield for instance. There the District Committee of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers has now agreed to 'sponsor and support' the demonstration.

*The Sheffield District Labour Parties have also voted to sponsor the demonstration. The Sheffield District Party, which represents all the Constituency Labour Parties in the Sheffield area, is taking all our mobilising material and circulating that to build support for the demonstration.

Maguire told us that this week the NCC would be circulating material to all the CLPs in Britain, urging them to make sure that the demonstration gets support in their local parties. The aim is to build a really We asked her what JANET MAGUIRE big contingent of Labour Parties on the 25 April demonstration. want to see as many Labour Party banners as possible on that contingent, says Maguire.

Meanwhile, the NALGO Health Workers and Local Government branches in Manchester have agreed to support the demonstration, and in Liverpool a NALGO branch is booking a coach for 25 April to make sure that their members get down to London.

by the support the demo is getting from bodies like Manchester Fight the Cuts Committee. Birmingham NCC in South Wales. 'We paign is kept going.

Maguire is particularly encouraged Action Committee Against the Cuts: Humberside Health Service Action Committee; Tyneside Action Committee Against Cuts; Oldham Campaign Against Cuts in Public Expenditure; Barnet Health Action Group; London Regional Committee Ag ainst Cuts; Bristol Committee Ag ainst Cuts; Plymouth Action Com mittee Against the Cuts; and the "The London branches of the NATSOPA print union are also doing a magnificent job', she told us. "Last week we got another £25, making a total of £175 they have so far donated. We ask supporters of the campaign in other unions and CLPs to follow this example and get donation towards building the demonstration and making sure that the camThe NCC now has a letter and a six-sided brochure which have been printed for the campaign by NALGO. People wishing to mobilise local sup port for the campaign can get supplies of these from the address below. NATSOPA has also designed, and NALGO are printing, four posters again supplies can be obtained from Dr Paul Stern, 55 Bridge Lane, London, NWII (01-455 4920).

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-Red Weekly 18 March 1976 ;Abortion/Charter 5;