TUC appeals to the bosses to avoid issuing ‘Work Notices!’ – will not call...
‘UNIONS are not going to lie down’, assured TUC Assistant General Secretary Kate Bell yesterday. She was addressing a press conference at Congress House ahead...
Palestinian mothers are witnessing children’s deaths
IN THE Gaza Strip, under the shadow of a 175-day blockade and relentless hostilities, Palestinian mothers are engulfed in a state of fear and...
Israel Plans To Execute Palestinian Prisoners!
THE Hamas Movement has denounced the Israeli Knesset’s (parliament) national security committee for approving a draft law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners. In a...
Corbyn woos CBI bosses
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn began his speech to the CBI yesterday by declaring his loyalty and enthusiasm for business. He said: ‘And if a Labour...
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...
Amnesty condemns the Israeli genocide on the Gaza Strip!
ISRAEL'S treatment of Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, Amnesty International declared in a new report that shatters any pretence of...
Campaign to aid & rebuild Gaza Strip began Sunday
MORE than 80 countries and institutions are participating in an international campaign to aid and rebuild the Gaza Strip, following the ceasefire that came...
Bank Raised Rates To 3% Predicts 2-Year Slump & Double Unemployment
THE Bank of England has warned the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most...
‘STOP LOOTING OUR PENSIONS!’ – demands FBU, PCS, GMB and POA
THE POA has joined the FBU, PCS and GMB in a Legal Challenge to ‘stop the looting of their pensions!’ The POA, along with the...
Picket Grenfell Inquiry
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Corona cases soar by 25% across UK!
CORONAVIRUS infections have risen by 25% across the UK, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, to more than 35,200...
Israeli forces execute health workers in Al-Shifa Hospital!
ISRAELI forces executed many health workers and other civilians at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza during their two-week occupation which ended overnight yesterday morning. Many departments...
EXTRADITION HALTED! ‘A victory for Julian’ – Stella Moris addresses Assange supporters outside Old...
‘TODAY is a victory for Julian! Today’s victory is the first step towards justice in this case,’ Stella Moris, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fiancee...
5 Days Of Strike Action By The Junior Doctors!
JUNIOR doctors in England yesterday embarked on a five-day strike, marking the 11th walkout in their prolonged pay dispute. Members of the British Medical Association...
Birmingham bin men mark one year with mass protest
A LIVELY picket of 200 bin men, came out in support of the bin strikers in Birmingham yesterday morning, marking one year of the...
Bank of England raises interest rates! – predicts energy costs rise of 40% by...
UK INTEREST rates have risen to the highest level since 2009 as the Bank of England tries to slow the pace of rapidly rising...
More than 30 Labour MPs oppose Starmer’s assault on benefits – 4.5 million...
KEIR Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing the most significant internal revolt since taking office, as more than 30 Labour backbenchers prepare to oppose...
NISSAN WILL SACK 12,500! Sunderland’s future hangs in the balance!
NISSAN is to cut 12,500 jobs worldwide as it reduces its production capacity and the number of models it produces by 10% by the...
Labour Calls For An Emergency Budget!
LABOUR is calling for an emergency budget to bring forward measures to tackle the cost of living crisis as inflation soars to a 30-year...
UN warns ‘Israel has produced a famine and displacement!’
THE UNITED Nations has issued its starkest warning yet that Israel’s campaign in Gaza has created an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe marked by famine and...
4.3m UK CHILDREN NOW IN POVERTY! – RAISE CHILD BENEFIT DEMANDS COMMISSION
THE SOCIAL Mobility Commission in its State of the Nation report 2021, published yesterday, has unveiled in detail the devastating impact of coronavirus on...
Rapidly rising support for ‘no deal!’
WITH a ComRes poll revealing yesterday that public support for a no-deal Brexit is rapidly rising, up 6% since January and now standing at...
Gaza air raid was response to jail break – Hamas
PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas yesterday denounced the latest Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, describing them as a desperate attempt by the regime to cover...
Reverse Palestine march ban!
THE threat by the Metropolitan Police to ban Saturday’s National March (PSC) for Palestine from assembling at the BBC in Portland Place as arranged...
‘Save our NHS!’ demands 400-strong lobby
THERE was a lively 400-strong lobby of Parliament organised by the Unite trade union yesterday afternoon to ‘Save Our NHS’ and ‘Stop the Cuts’...
Assange wins High Court ruling
THE HIGH Court in London yesterday ruled in favour of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s right to appeal against the UK court ruling approving his...
Kwarteng declares war on the working class – after humiliating turnaround
FOLLOWING his humiliating U-Turn in the small hours of yesterday morning, when Chancellor Kwazi Kwarteng’s announced the abolition of the 45p rate of tax...
No to two-tier Maternity! – demand Charter Schools strikers
‘NO TO TWO-TIER Maternity!’ declare striking teachers at the Charter Schools Multi-Academy Trust in Southwark, south-east London, who begin a further three-day strike this...
Sixth Forms strike: ‘urgent funds now!’
A LONDON march and rally marking the fifth day of strike action in over 30 Sixth Form Colleges took place yesterday, with union leaders...
UN To Hold New Gaza Ceasefire Vote
THE UNITED Nations General Assembly began an emergency session yesterday to debate a resolution demanding ‘an immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza. No country has a...
Striking Consultants On BMA Picket Lines!
STRIKING consultants were out in force on the BMA picket line at University College Hospital, Euston, central London yesterday morning on the first of...
Tory split widens over £20 UC cut
TORY PM Johnson faced splits in his ranks as Conservatives opposed the £20 a week cut to Universal Credit in a vote in Parliament...
Residents charged £3.5m to remove flammable cladding – plus £5.4m to pay for fire...
LEASEHOLDERS in the Paddington Walk development in West London have already paid nearly £3.5m in service charges for the removal of dangerous, flammable Grenfell-style...
Anti-deportation fighters block removals – are backed by TUC
MOST of the people due to be put aboard a controversial deportation flight to Jamaica yesterday have been removed from the flight list! This was...
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...
ASLEF Strike Action Today
TRAIN drivers belonging to ASLEF – the train drivers’ trade union which represents 96% of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales –...
ICC defends arrest warrants for leading Israeli officials!
THE International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has staunchly defended his decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over war crimes in Gaza,...
Sacked and smeared for standing up for postmasters
FORMER chairman of the Post Office Henry Staunton dropped a bombshell on the Tories when he appeared before the Business and Trade Select Committee...
Johnson Calls A UK Summit – As Starmer Refuses To Resign!
TORY Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, to a ‘Team UK’ summit. Johnson congratulated...
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...
Busworkers launch a national health & safety campaign
A POWERFUL busworkers march and rally was held in central London yesterday to launch a national campaign for better health and safety as well...
Barristers To Take Indefinite Action!
BARRISTERS have voted to take indefinite action, refusing appear in court, and take new instructions from September 5th over fees and legal aid cuts,...
Polio Epidemic In Gaza
GAZA'S Health Ministry has declared a polio epidemic, blaming Israel’s genocidal military offensive for the spread of the deadly virus. In a statement yesterday, the...
Palestine coalition condemns false claims of riot & disorder
TODAY’S guilty verdicts in the case of Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop The War Campaign vice chair Chris Nineham are extraordinary...
TUC delegates demand better wages & conditions in schools & healthcare
AT the Trades Union Congress yesterday morning there were motions demanding more funding for education, and better wages and conditions for all staff working...