Southwark Local Elections 2014: Ending & UKIP xenophobia. #VCSHustings
Channel: Occupy News Network
Date: 2014-05-08

Southwark Local Elections 2014: Voluntary and Community Sector Hustings.
Community Action Southwark. http://www.casouthwark.org.uk/

The Battle for Tooley Street   #VCShustings

Video 8: Three questions. 
1. Support for Refugees 
2. Donnachadh McCarthy, upon receiving a xenophobic leaflet received from UKIP, he feels unwelcome as an EU migrants. Also, speaking on behalf of the 400 cyclists who have died in the last 4 years. Can they promise to spend 10% of the budget to ensure full segregation between cyclists and motorists. 
3. Voluntary sector and grant funding. Financial constraints. Your take on local organisations, as opposed to national organisations. 

In preparation for the local elections on 22nd May, CAS is hosting a local election hustings for the voluntary and community sector. The event will feature the leaders of all the main local political parties and will be held on 8th May in Southwark Cathedral (3-5pm).

Everyone knows that the next five years are going to be tough, with further big budget cuts affecting local charities. We think this is a great opportunity to ask the politicians what their vision is for Southwark and the role they feel the voluntary sector plays in achieving it.

These are interesting times for the voluntary and community sector with both Labour  and the Liberal Democrats  manifestos promising a commission looking at the role of the voluntary sector. 

Candidates Attending: 
Cllr Peter John (Labour)
Cllr Annod Al-Sameria (Liberal Democrats)
Prem Goyal (All People's Party)
Eleanor Margolies (Green Party)
Bill Mullins (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition)
John Hellings (UKIP) 
Rupert Mayers (Conservatives)