has been expelled from the in opposition to Labour Group policy.
reinstated pend him trom the responsibilities. Ray issues to Socialist Challenge.
'By taking this decision the NEC is gagging councillors like me who want to campaign against the cuts. During the last 3 years l've Oll firm "no cuts" platform the valleys of South Wales and throughout the trade union movement.
'How can 1 publicly in the outside community campaign on a firm cuts' position and then go into the council chamber and vote for public expenditure cuts which cost Jobs and services? As far as 1 all only implementing the 1981 conresolution which called for "a major campaign to defeat the proposed (Heseltine) legislation' and which stated that the conterence denleves Inal Labour councillors must Tenuse make le Culs that will needed to balance the books' '1 am bitterly disappointed that the NEC has gone. against conference decisions and backed the Glamorgan Group against The COURCH has organised no fightback government onslaught. Il has just implemented the cuts when asked. A great opportuniagainst Tories. weakness will be of great comore to ine lories wao will no doubt come hack again and Will punishing cuts. RAY DAVIES, Mid Glamorgan County Councillor and a member of the steel union, ISTC, Council Labour group for the third time in as many years. His 'crime' was to vote against social service cuts, Previously the Labour Party's national executive had accepted Ray's appeal and he was on the Labour Group. Last week, however, the NEC backed the decision to susgroup and all council Davies explained the PAUL HIGHFIELL Ray Davies 'My proposals to the Council meeting involved ine vie amorcan counCouncil, the largest in Wales, tang a Weish initiating a campaign against Heseltine's legislation and the calling and file Labour Party and trade union conferences to plan the fightback. This was rejected and replaced by total capitulation. *1 appeal to CLPs and trade unions to contact tue NEC and demand reverses its decision. This isn't just to defend me. It of all other is a detence councillors who want implement national ference decisions and vote against the cuts. the final decision of the NEC, I for deflected from the task of defending Jobs and services of work ing people."