British Gas engineers strike as bosses carry out ‘fire & rehire’
FORTY striking pickets gathered at the Gas Training Centre in Dartford yesterday, to protest against the ‘Fire and Rehire’ policy of Centrica, who now...
RCN warns ‘Patients are suffering!
PATIENTS are suffering as the prime minister fails to tackle the waiting list crisis, RCN warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery. The prime...
Starmer warmongering ‘doomed to failure’ warns Moscow
‘IT IS high time to make it clear to London that its efforts to ignite a conflict are doomed to failure,’ the Russian Foreign...
50 GP surgeries in north of Ireland face closure! – Tories step up war...
FIFTY GP surgeries in the north of Ireland are threatened with closure, the British Medical Association (BMA) warned yesterday. Sixteen surgeries have handed contracts back...
Israeli jets target children in UNRWA shelters
An Israeli raid on the Attar area on the western outskirts of Khan Younis killed at least 13 people and injured 26 yesterday, Gaza’s...
BMA condemns & rejects Primary Care specifications!
THE BMA’s England GP committee has voted not to accept a contract agreement with NHS England and condemned the recently-published draft service specifications outlining...
Grenfell families rehoused in ‘high fire-risk’ building
KENSINGTON and Chelsea council have re-housed Grenfell survivors and their families in a block found to have a ‘high risk’ of fire! A fire risk...
26 College Principals received pay rises of over 10%
ENGLISH College principals increased their pay by four times the rate recommended by the sector’s employer body, the University and College Union (UCU) has...
Tory war on teachers and their unions
THE TORY government issued details about how it intends to use its Minimum Service Levels (MSL) anti-strike laws to wage war against education workers...
University pickets call for a general strike!
Over 20,000 staff at scores of universities are striking for five consecutive days this week in their fight for pay and working conditions and...
‘THEY WILL NOT FORGET–THEY WILL NOT FORGIVE’ – Tory MP warns over the Grenfell...
IN THE House of Commons on Wednesday, Conservative MP Royston Smith said the housing market was at risk of partial ‘collapse’, with many leaseholders...
Supreme Court rejects Julian Assange extradition appeal!
THE UK Supreme Court yesterday rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal of the decision to extradite him to the US, where the WikiLeaks co-founder...
‘Grenfell Tower was a death trap before any firefighter arrived!’ – says Matt Wrack...
MATT WRACK, the FBU general secretary, said yesterday in response to the Grenfell Tower inquiry phase one report: ‘The Inquiry’s interim report must finally...
Another 10,000 to be driven onto UC – After Rudd drives through legislation with...
AS OF TODAY, ten thousand people on the old benefits system will be forced onto Universal Credit (UC) in a ‘pilot study’ in Harrogate,...
‘Heathrow sits on mountain of cash while sacking 4,000’ says Unite as strike ballot...
‘HEATHROW’S cash mountain should be used to help low paid staff threatened by “fire and rehire”,’ Unite said yesterday. Heathrow workers are currently being...
President Abbas meets Blinken in Ramallah!
‘WE THANK the US for the support given to the State of Palestine,’ President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday at a joint press conference with...
Prosecute George Floyd’s murderers – demand millions of workers across the world
‘WE SEND solidarity to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) members and support the AFT’s call for the US Justice Department to conduct a...
Thames Water ‘drowning in debt’ – nationalise without compensation demand GMB and FBU
‘THAMES WATER is drowning under a mountain of debt,’ GMB union National Officer Gary Carter said yesterday, in response to the privateer’s announcement of...
Global support for Palestine is splitting the Tories!
THE intensifying global condemnation of Israel’s fatal attack on international humanitarian workers in Gaza is putting immense strain on the British government’s unconditional backing...
3,700 Palestinians killed in 60 days
THE Israeli military has continued its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for 60 days now, during which 2,400 of the...
Sheikh Jarrah resident is threatening to blow up his home rather than leave it!
ON MONDAY a Palestinian man carried a gas canister onto the roof of his home in occupied Jerusalem as his family faced eviction. The Sheikh...
26 FE colleges to strike – recall TUC & call a general strike urges...
Staff at 26 Further Education (FE) colleges will take ten days of strike action starting on Monday 26 September demanding ‘a significant pay rise’,...
Over 100,000 March On The US Embassy!
MORE than 100,000 workers, students and youth marched from Parliament Square from Downing Street in Whitehall to the American Embassy in Battersea on Saturday...
‘All NHS workers & their families must be tested!’ – demands BMA chair Dr...
‘ALL health workers and their families must be tested immediately,’ Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association and GP Dr Chaand Nagpaul...
Speaker blocks vote on Brexit deal – Parliamentary Committee to investigate his impartiality!
AS EXPECTED, the Speaker of the House John Bercow yesterday blocked Parliament from voting on the new Brexit deal with the EU. Announcing his judgement...
PM Johnson’s 5-point ‘Living with Covid’ plan
TORY PM Boris Johnson set out his five point plan for ‘Living with Covid’ yesterday saying that he expects the lifting of restrictions will...
400 nurses and other NHS workers strike over safety and pay!
DAY surgery operating theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital opposite Parliament are striking again today against having their shift times forcibly extended again! The 50...
UCU calls global boycott of Leicester University
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) yesterday announced a global boycott of the University of Leicester as the union hit the institution with the...
150,000 Workers & Youth March Through London In Support Of Palestine!
THERE were 150,000 workers, students and youth marching through the streets of London for Palestine from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall on Saturday. As the...
McDonnell pledges £500bn investment – as deputy leader Watson quits
‘WE STAND in the best tradition of British socialism,’ Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell said to cheers, outlining yesterday Labour’s economic policy for the...
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW! – demands High Court protest
THE ROYAL Courts of Justice in The Strand in central London were besieged by supporters of Julian Assange from early morning to late afternoon...
Maduro condemns us energy war
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro says the United States has declared an ‘electric energy war’ against his country amid a widespread blackout that has left...
Malkinson Accuses Manchester Police Of ‘Cover-Up!’
ANDY MALKINSON, 57, a man who was wrongfully convicted and jailed for rape, has shockingly revealed that he may be required to pay thousands...
British Gas Staff Reject Boss’s Obscene Rise
THE Unite and GMB trade unions have called on Ford to come clean over the future of its UK operations. They are warning that its...
Removing 2-metre rule risks second wave warn unions
DESPITE announcing yesterday a seven-day rolling average of 130 people a day dying from Covid-19, Tory PM Johnson announced measures to ‘safely ease the...
‘I will continue asking nursing staff to take strike action!’ – RCN leader responds...
THE ROYAL College of Nursing has responded to the announcement of the new Prime Minister, Truss. RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said:...
Rail Delivery Group RMT members to strike June 2
RMT members working for the 14 train companies in the national rail dispute will walk out on Friday June 2. The union found the Rail...
Nurses voting begins in indicative strike ballot – 160,000-strong petition handed to No 10
A DELEGATION from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) representing members from across the country handed in a 160,000-strong petition to 10 Downing Street...
Teachers fear schools still unsafe as millions return
‘TEACHERS are concerned that the government have not taken the safety measures that they should have done,’ Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of...
Biden threatens to cut off military support for Israel
AFTER widespread outrage over the United States’ continued backing of Israel’s devastating year-long genocidal assault on Gaza, several media outlets reported on Tuesday that...
Mad Dog Israel Told To Ceasefire For 21 Days!
THE USA, France and several Arab and European countries yesterday called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border. ‘We call on all parties,...
Plan For Mayors To Run NHS Hospitals!
MINISTERS are drawing up plans to give mayors significant new powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution that...
Angry Aslef pickets reject four per cent pay offer!
STRIKING ASLEF pickets were at Kings Cross Station yesterday morning on the first of three one day strike actions. They are extremely angry over the...
Energy bills will rise by 50% average family to pay £2,000 – Pensioners risk...
BILLS are set to rise by 50% in April when the latest change to the energy price cap takes effect, it emerged yesterday, while...
‘THERE COULD BE A MILLION PEOPLE ON STRIKE VERY SOON!’ – but Unite’s Graham...
‘THERE could be up to a million people on strike very, very soon,’ Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said yesterday morning. On the eve of...