Guest post: Why we must take action against council budget cuts

This is a guest post by Ellie Mae O'Hagan. You can follow her on Twitter here: @MissEllieMae.

I live in Hackney, which is suffering from some of the worst cuts in the country.

Last year I decided I wanted to go to the council’s budget meeting to see the cuts being passed and to show the council that I objected to them. At the time, I’d read stories about bloggers trying to tweet from budget meetings and getting thrown out. It didn’t make me feel very hopeful about our democracy.

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