HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COUNCIL

That this House condemns the swingeing cuts in public services being made by the Conservative council in Hammersmith and Fulham, including the outsourcing of the contact centre to Rochdale; congratulates the officers and members of the local Unison branch in playing a key role in defending public services in the borough; notes the council has derecognised the local elected officials of the Unison branch; is appalled at Hammersmith and Fulham council for its treatment of the elected Unison branch officers; further notes that the branch is now balloting for industrial action; and calls on Hammersmith and Fulham council to abandon its cuts and anti-union practices and concentrate on providing high quality public services to its residents.