NINE PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE – against detention without charge
NINE Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention currently remain on hunger strike in protest against their unfair administrative detention without charge or trial, says the...
RATP busworkers reject ‘fire and rehire’ deal
THE UNITE leadership yesterday failed to get a ‘fire and rehire’ deal accepted by RATP bus workers. The vote at seven West London bus garages...
Israeli warships approach the Gaza-bound flotilla!
AS THE the Global Sumud Flotilla neared the Gaza coast yesterday an Israeli warship approached the leading Alma vessel, causing a disruption in communications...
‘Bring companies guilty of corporate murder to justice’
ONE HUNDRED and forty four workers have lost their lives while on the job in 2017-18, with the GMB at its Annual Conference in...
Abbas orders flag to be flown at half mast! – 104 years since Balfour...
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has enacted a presidential decree ordering the national flag to be flown at half-mast today and tomorrow, and on November...
‘Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes against humanity!’– UN International Commission of Inquiry
ISRAELI authorities are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the military operations and attacks on Gaza since 7th October 2023,...
Junior Doctors Want A 35% Pay Rise!
PICKETS were out yesterday morning at the Royal London Hospital on day two of the Junior Doctors’ strike. They are determined to fight whatever government...
Tory-Lib Dem Underfunding Has Created ‘Extreme Risks’ To NHS
LABOUR IS pledging a relentless focus on the NHS in its first 100 days in government as new research reveals hundreds of ‘extreme’ risks...
Tories forced to U-turn on downgraded results
‘WE REALISE that we had taken the wrong road and that we needed to change course,’ Roger Taylor, chair of The Office of Qualifications...
20 Nations demand that Israel scraps West Bank occupation plans!
ISRAEL’S approval of the E1 settlement scheme in the occupied West Bank has provoked condemnation from more than 20 countries, including several members of...
3-million-strong Tehran rally!
IRAN’S President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday hailed the ‘magnificent and epic’ presence of millions of Iranians in nationwide rallies on Monday. In a message to the...
‘THE NHS IS BEING SOLD OFF AS WE SPEAK!’ – says Anna Athow,...
THE British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday urged all Conservative Party leadership candidates to commit to excluding the NHS from any post-Brexit trade deals. In a...
Death toll from Israel’s genocidal war has now reached 48,329!
DURING the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 14 martyrs, who had been reported missing during the war,...
IRCG strikes more than 100 targets in Tel Aviv
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has struck more than 100 targets in the city of Tel Aviv in retaliation for the...
Staff On Terminal Covid Ward Were ‘Denied Ppe’
STAFF working on a ward for terminal coronavirus patients were denied Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) despite having to bag up 185 bodies in just...
NEW ECONOMIC CRASH WILL DWARF 2008! – warn 58 economists
A GROUP of economists issued an open letter yesterday warning that Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s planned financial deregulation bill will lead to an economic...
Capita Closing Third Of Offices
OUTSOURCING firm Capita is to close over a third of its offices in the UK permanently – despite the Tory government launching a new...
Unite Demands 15% NHS Pay Rise
NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15 per cent or £3,000, whichever is greater, the Unite union, said yesterday. Unite, which has...
Barclay threatens striking nurses with deregistration!
‘HOW low can a government stoop?’ Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen asked yesterday in response to Tory Health Secretary Stephen Barclay’s...
‘We’re striking to defend the NHS!’ – Junior Doctors
‘WE’RE striking to defend the NHS,’ doctors said on the over 200-strong rally of junior doctors outside University College Hospital in central London yesterday. There...
2,450 sacked by email – 214 Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton shops shut
TORY PM Johnson must wait until there are fewer than 1,000 Covid infections a day before lifting lockdown, NHS bosses and scientists have warned. The...
NHS consultants take 48-hour strike ‘against savage wage cutting!’
NHS consultants in England are on 48-hour strike today and tomorrow, with the BMA hosting a rally at its London headquarters in Tavistock Square,...
1,000 face eviction during lockdown!
CITIZENS Advice (CA) has confirmed that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related to...
Israeli forces intensify West Bank demolitions!
ISRAELI forces have intensified demolitions in the occupied West Bank and face growing accusations of pursuing a coordinated campaign to erase Palestinian presence and...
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...
CALL THE WHOLE AIRPORT OUT! – to defend jobs, pay and conditions
‘CALL the whole airport out to defend all jobs, pay and conditions,’ striking Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) worker, Jarnail Singh, said yesterday ahead of...
Upfront fees deter patients – Immigrants denied cancer treatment says BMA
PATIENTS from other countries are failing to get the urgent cancer treatment they need, because of upfront fees. These fees are ‘deterring immigrants from...
Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!
GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...
Labour PM Starmer chairs a European leaders summit at Lancaster House in The Mall
LABOUR Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chaired a European leaders war summit at Lancaster House in The Mall in central London yesterday. With hugs and...
‘We’ll do everything to avoid “No Deal” exit from EU’ says Corbyn
LABOUR leader Corbyn, appearing on the Sophy Ridge show on Sunday yesterday, was asked: ‘Can you guarantee that you’ll call a confidence motion before...
Israeli airstrikes killing a record number of humanitarian workers
SINCE 7 October 2023, Israeli airstrikes have emerged as the leading cause of death for humanitarian workers globally, responsible for over 75 per cent...
Corbyn backs a general election – while Labour MPs voice opposition
YESTERDAY in Parliament Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke in favour of a general election and said this is now Labour’s position. He said: ‘Labour backs...
Care workers have little or no protection says GMB
HORRIFYINGLY, care workers have been told if they test positive they will have to self-isolate at the care home and will not be able...
Hamas demands that US must support the state of Palestine
THE Hamas Movement has called on the US administration to rescind its proposals for Palestinian displacement and alternative homelands that align with Israeli plans...
Israel strikes Lebanon during Palestinian General Strike
DOZENS of air strikes pounded Gaza yesterday while a new front in the conflict opened up as the Israeli military also shelled Lebanon in...
Insufficient government spending pushing medical students into hardship!
THE British Medical Association is warning that insufficient government funding for medical students in England for their lengthy degrees is pushing many into financial...
Scottish midwives industrial action vote!
MIDWIFE and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across Scotland have overwhelmingly voted ‘yes’ on taking industrial action,...
Labour Is Ready To Abstain Once Again – In The Coming Brexit Vote
LABOUR leaders refused to confirm whether they would vote in favour of a Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU or abstain...
‘WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN!’ says Consultants Chair Vishal Sharma
THE government made the final offer and said “no more talks”. We are united, stronger together. We cannot and will not back down,’ Consultants...
No To Cheap Labour Teachers!
TWO TEACHING unions have strongly criticised a minimum wage internship for teachers run by Stranmillis University College in Belfast. The NASUWT said the scheme should...
Tory Crisis Deepens As Parliament Returns
LIZ TRUSS returns to Parliament for the first time as Prime Minister today, amidst a bubbling rebellion of MPs and economists who are aghast...
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...
Stop mass deportation flight today! – demand 150 MPs and Lords
THE MASS deportation flight due to leave today with 50 people on board who came to the UK as children must be stopped! over...
US Was Given Notice Of Attack!
IRAN’S Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) say none of its missiles were intercepted during Wednesday’s heavy strike that targeted two US bases inside Iraq...
‘Metropolitan police recruiting criminals’ – concludes police watchdog
THE METROPOLITAN Police’s approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ an inspection by the police watchdog published yesterday concluded. It found the...