Socialist Alliance to stand 300 candidates
The May local government elections are less than eight weeks away - less still in some areas, where there will be postal voting starting on 18 April. The Socialist Alliance will be standing around 100 candidates across London, and about 300 across England in total. The Alliance's manifesto for these elections should be finalised soon. Its main lines were debated at a National Council on 16 February - "The Socialist Alliance is standing so that you can elect councillors who will be advocates and representatives for the working class [and] use the council chamber to speak up for... good-quality...