There is no need for cuts to public spending and public services. Elections on May 5th are an opportunity to vote against the Stormont Cuts and elect Workers Party MLAs who believe that the people who caused the crisis should pay for it and that as a society we must rethink our priorities and live up to our responsibilities.

£123 billion is lost to the public purse each year through tax avoidance and unpaid taxes. Scrapping the Trident nuclear weapons programme would save £4 billion this year alone.

If we can’t afford universal Child Benefit, a modern health service and university education then we can’t afford to wage war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.