The nominations are in, and we can now confirm that more socialist candidates than ever will be standing in local and parliamentary elections in Birmingham next month. With over 600 council and 130 MP candidates across the country for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), this will be the largest left challenge to Labour and the other establishment parties since WWII.
With the main demands including a reversal of cuts and privatisation o public services, and increase in the minimum wage and scrapping of zero hours and for MPs to only take the wage of an average worker, voters will have the chance to support a real anti-austerity, pro-working class alternative this May.
The TUSC candidates for Birmingham City Council are:
Acocks Green - Eamonn FLYNN
Bordesley Green - Theo SHARIEFF
Erdington - Joe FOSTER
Hall Green - David WRIGHT
Hodge Hill - Marie O'CONNOR
Kingstanding - Ben PERRY
Lozells and East Handsworth - Alistair WINGATE
Moseley and Kings Heath - Mike FRIEL
Northfield - Clive WALDER
Oscott - Brian BEDDOWES
Quinton - Nick HART
Selly Oak - Keturah PRENDERGAST
Sheldon - Mark ANDREWS
South Yardley - Siobhan FRIEL
Stechford And Yardley North - Laura CROSS
Stockland Green - Ted WOODLEY
Tyburn - James REDFERN
As well as in Sandwell
Abbey - Lynn WADDING
And we're standing in the following parliamentary seats:
Dudley North - Dave PITT
Erdington - Ted WOODLEY
Perry Barr - Robert PUNTON
Yardley - Eamonn FLYNN
Between now and election day, we'll be leafleting workplaces, railway stations and estates to spread the message that there is a real alternative in the elections this time - to find out how you can get involved, get in touch with us