13.03.2025

Increase in subs!

Last week I mentioned that this will be the last month when the Weekly Worker fighting fund target is £2,250. And now we have agreed that the monthly target, beginning in April, will be £2,750 - in other words, an increase of £500.

But I’m afraid to say that something else will be increased from April 1: the subscription charge, which will be raised from £5 to £8 per month for UK readers and £10.90 to £14 for overseas subscribers.

Both these measures are necessitated by the huge increase we have faced in printing costs, not to mention the year-on-year rise in postage charges. But I’m sure all subscribers will be happy to pay a larger charge - especially since the price for UK subscribers has not been raised for two decades!

If you currently pay by PayPal or standing order, please increase your payment to £8 per month, £24 per quarter or £96 per year. If your paper is delivered to you overseas, the new charge will be £14 per month or £168 per year. Please make arrangements now to pay the new rate from the date your next payment is due, starting on or after April 1. We will shortly be sending you a letter outlining the details.

We would be grateful if you can afford to pay more than the basic subs charge, which would count towards our fighting fund target, of course. As for this month’s fund, £349 came our way over the last seven days. Thanks go to PB (£70), BO (£35), DV and NH (£30 each), GD (£25), MA (£15), RD (£12), plus a tenner each from CS, IS, SM, PM, CC and BH. All the above came via bank transfer or standing order. Then we had PM (£50), MH (£10) and PE (£7), who each made their donations via PayPal, and finally comrade Hassan, who handed his usual banknote (this time a fiver) to one of our team.

All that means that our running total for March stands at £876 - just a little behind the going rate with 12 days of the month already gone, as I write. Let’s make sure we get there once again this month - and help us reach the new £2,750 target starting in April!

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