Scrap the Council Tax

Tricia McLeish and Solidarity are working to ensure the ending of the unfair and unjust council tax. We want it replaced with a tax that would mean that pensioners and low paid workers pay less and the millionaires pay much more. Despite the empty rhetoric from the other politicians, the ONLY MSP in the Scottish parliament to table a bill to scrap the council tax was Solidarity’s Tommy Sheridan.  

Stop the Pay Cuts

Alongside 200,000 other council workers, Tricia McLeish has recently taken strike action after Labour and SNP councillors threatened to make pay cuts for the next 3 years, Solidarity demands an end to attacks on public sector workers. With prices rising out of control we cant afford to accept a lowering of our wages. 

End the Fuel Bill Rip-off

Tricia McLeish and Solidarity are demanding emergency action to end the scandal of soaring gas and electricity bills. The energy companies must be brought into democratic public ownership now so we can use their huge profits to slash fuel bills and end the rip off that is condemning millions to fuel poverty.  

Action on Housing

Tricia McLeish and Solidarity are campaigning for urgent action on the growing housing crisis. The credit crunch, sky high house prices and rising number of repossessions as the recession bites is creating a housing scandal. Urgent action is needed now to ensure public housing at affordable rents are available for all who need them. 

• Scrap the GHA. Return Glasgow's housing stock to local authority control.

• Cancel all local authority housing debt, with the released funds ring-fenced for new council house building.

• Emergency action to meet Shelter’s demand for 30,000 affordable social homes in Scotland in the next three years.