RMT calls new round of strikes – Rail bosses cancelled talks ‘at one hour’s...
THE RMT rail union will hold a series of 48-hour strikes in December and January after industry bosses failed to offer any new deals...
Lively picket lines outside Imperial College campuses
THERE were lively picket lines outside Imperial College London in White City and South Kensington yesterday. Imperial College staff resumed strikes last Thursday against a...
Duncan Smith Condemns The May EU Elections!
FORMER Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith called for Prime Minister Theresa May to quit before the European elections in May. Appearing on Sky’s Sophy...
Grenfell Inquiry – No Prosecutions
THE Attorney General ruled yesterday that contractors can give evidence to the Grenfell inquiry without fear of prosecution over the 72 deaths. Grenfell United, the...
Five elite Israeli soldiers killed and 2 wounded in Khan Younis
FIVE elite Israeli soldiers were killed and at least two others wounded in Khan Younis on Friday after a building collapsed during a resistance...
‘Doctors are already shouldering the burden of staff shortages’
THE BRITISH Medical Association has criticised the government’s latest Comprehensive Spending Review, warning that despite headline increases in NHS funding, the plans fall well...
China-Arab states condemn Israel’s aggression against Palestine!
A joint statement issued at the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing has condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression against...
AMBULANCE CRISIS – Handover delays put patients at ‘catastrophic risk’ of harm
PATIENTS are being put at ‘catastrophic risk’ of harm due to ambulance handover delays, NHS managers warned yesterday. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has raised...
Suspend inquiry unless panellist immediately replaced say Grenfell campaigners
THE SECOND phase of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire began yesterday with families and friends of the 72 men, women and children...
‘Corridor care seems to have become the norm’ says the RCN’s Patricia Marquis
‘NEXT week’s strikes are in protest at unsafe care,’ said Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Director for England, Patricia Marquis yesterday, in response to...
Xmas Mass Picket At Ealing Hospital
THE WEST London Council of Action has called a 7am-9am Xmas Mass Picket of Ealing Hospital on Friday 20th December to step up the...
DEFY THE BAN! – Join Saturday’s National March for Palestine!
TRADE UnIONS, MPs and celebrities have condemned the attempt by the Metropolitan Police to ban this Saturday’s National March for Palestine from assembling outside...
Worldwide media protest against Zionist genocide
MORE than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest yesterday, highlighting the killing of more than 200 journalists in...
Greek doctors & nurses protest!
DOCTORS, nurses, trades unionists, workers and youth took part in protests at the entrances of many hospitals throughout Greece yesterday morning against the government’s...
‘US plots to devalue our currency have failed!’ – says Iran
THE GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said yesterday that plots to force a massive devaluation of Iran’s national currency to ruin...
EU-UK post-Brexit deal deadlock!
TALKS between the UK and EU broke up yesterday, as the two sides remained at loggerheads over a post-Brexit trade deal. Another deadline passed, but...
PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT! – ‘bring us back in-house’ demand ISS strikers
‘BRING us back in-house – people before profit!’ demanded striking NHS support staff on their picket line outside the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill,...
Unions unite to defend RIGHT TO STRIKE!
OVER one hundred RMT members, along with members of the PCS, UCU and Unite rallied outside Parliament yesterday to defend the right to strike. This...
Hundreds more Gazans killed in hospitals and homes!
THE Israeli occupation army carried out hundreds of aerial and artillery attacks on different areas of Gaza yesterday, massacring men, women and children in...
‘A Victory for the Palestinian People!’ – UK recognises State of Palestine
UK PRIME Minister Keir Starmer declared in Downing Street yesterday afternoon: ‘I state clearly as Prime Minister of this great country that the United...
Quit the EU! Forward to a workers government! – WRP MAY DAY MANIFESTO
THE News Line Editorial Board sends its May Day greetings to the working class and the poor of the world. We send our revolutionary greetings...
No fire cover at night in Surrey!
SURREY County Council has announced shocking plans to shut three fire stations at night, axe 70 firefighters’ jobs and halve the fire cover at...
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...
Labour proscribes Palestine Action!
OVER 1,000 protesters demonstrated in Trafalgar Square yesterday as Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced that she intends to ‘proscribe’ protest group Palestine Action...
NHS – 15% Rise Now!
PROTESTS took place outside hospitals yesterday morning after the call by unions to turn April 1st into a day of action for NHS staff...
Take to the streets to defend Gaza! urges Hamas
‘TAKE to the streets in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Jerusalem, and in defence of Aqsa Mosque this Friday, Saturday and Sunday,’...
TUC denied seat at Tories trade table
THE TRADES Union Congress (TUC) complained yesterday that they have been barred from a seat at the table, demanding involvement in the trade negotiations...
Zionists tout Blair as agent to ‘relocate’ Palestinians
FORMER UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is being touted by sections of the Israeli genocide cabinet as an agent to lead the ‘relocation’ of...
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...
Sunak Won’t Stop Selling Arms To Israel!
TORY PM Rishi Sunak said he won’t stop selling arms to Israel yesterday, declaring that exports to the genocidal Zionist entity will continue as...
Labour is to immediately recognise Palestinian state
LABOUR’S Manifesto declares that it will ‘Immediately recognise the State of Palestine.’ It adds that Labour will ‘Introduce a War Powers Act to ensure that...
A&E Visits Halved By Virus Outbreak
A&E VISITS in England have halved since the coronavirus outbreak started, dropping to their lowest level since records began. Before the pandemic, more than 2.1m...
UK-UKRAINE ALLIANCE – ‘We are strategic partners’ – UK Defence Secretary
THE UNITED Kingdom has finalised an agreement with Ukraine that allows Kiev to buy British warships and missiles to enhance its naval capabilities, a...
MASS GRAVES AT GAZA HOSPITALS – EU & UN call for war crimes inquiry
THE EU and the UN called for an official probe into mass graves at hospitals in Gaza, where hundreds of bodies have been discovered,...
Iran launches missiles on Israel! – warns any retaliation will meet a ‘crushing’ response
IRAN launched more than 200 ballistic missiles on Israel yesterday in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well...
General Strike in Palestine!
A GENERAL strike was held in Palestine’s West Bank yesterday as part of a worldwide strike in solidarity with Gaza, which has suffered the...
PROBATION PRIVATISATION COSTS ELECTORS £500m!
THE CRISIS caused by the privatisation of the probation system in England and Wales has cost taxpayers almost £500m, the government’s National Audit Office...
Junior Doctors Taking 5 Days Of Strike Action
JUNIOR DOCTORS in England will strike for five consecutive days in July, in what is thought to be the longest single period of industrial...
3,000 sackings as Grangemouth closes after 100 years!
ALL OIL refining ceased in Scotland yesterday with the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, after more than 100 years of operation. Mass sackings of the...
‘Blatant act of annexation’ – Ashrawi slams Israeli ‘nature reserve’ land grab
ISRAEL is creating ‘nature reserves’ in the occupied West Bank and this is ‘a blatant act of annexation and land theft that violates international...
Netanyahu accused of blocking ceasefire – fears prosecution!
AS ISRAELI Knesset members accused PM Netanyahu of blocking a ceasefire deal being reached with Hamas for personal reasons in order to avoid prosecution,...
Revolutionary General Strike in Greece!
ATHENS – Tens of thousands of workers and students marched in all main cities of Greece last Thursday in a 24-hour general strike against...
300 Brighton University students march to save lecturers’ jobs!
OVER 300 students marched yesterday against Brighton University’s decision to sack over 100 staff as part of a plan to make £17.9 million in...
Croydon NHS demands Covid sick pay!
WORKERS at Croydon Hospital are staging a protest on January 31st to demand Covid sick pay. Porters and cleaners at the south London hospital are...
BMA Demonstrates At Tory Party Conference
THOUSANDS of NHS workers and many other trade unionists marched to the Tory Party conference yesterday morning to deliver their notice to the Tories...