“Don’t just protest on May 7th, it’s our chance to vote for socialist change”, is the heading of a new campaign leaflet published today for May’s local elections by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) steering committee.

“The local elections are a chance to protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government”, the leaflet starts. “But opposing Starmer is easy”, it goes on. “Almost every other candidate on May 7th will say they do too. So the elections should also be about what kind of change we want to see”, listing some of the ways that properly funded council services can change lives.

“The establishment parties don’t give us that choice though”, it continues, “as they put the interests of the wealthy 1% elite first”, starving councils of the funding they need.

The leaflet, aimed for areas where there will be candidates using one of the TUSC descriptions on the ballot paper in May, explains ‘the six TUSC policy guarantees’ and why voting for a TUSC candidate sends a different message – “a chance not just to protest on May 7th but to vote for socialist change”.

The leaflet is one-sided only, allowing local candidate and campaign details to be printed on the reverse.  Supplies are available to candidates gratis via the TUSC National Election Agent.  But donations are encouraged (at https://www.tusc.org.uk/donate/), so that the socialist message can be spread as widely as possible. ■

A PDF of the leaflet is available at https://www.tusc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-TUSC-one-sided-local-elections.pdf