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Stop mass deportation flight today! – demand 150 MPs and Lords

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THE MASS deportation flight due to leave today with 50 people on board who came to the UK as children must be stopped! over...

‘WORST EVER GREEK RAIL CRASH!’ – government cuts blamed

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GREEK transport unions laid the blame for the country’s ‘worst ever’ rail crash directly at the door of government cuts yesterday, as they demanded...

47 Palestinians killed in intense Nuseirat air strikes

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NEARLY four dozen Palestinian civilians, including many women and children, were killed in central Gaza as the Israeli regime launched another wave of assaults...

Hunt turns his fire on the sick the disabled and the mentally ill –...

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TORY Chancellor Hunt turned his fire on the sick, the disabled, the mentally ill and the unemployed in his vicious, vindictive anti-working class Autumn...

Police Commissioner takeover of Cumbria fire services! – Three fire stations are now at...

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THREE Cumbria fire stations risk closure as the entire service is under threat of being taken over by the Police and Crime Commissioner, the...

‘Intervene to halt Israel’s assault on Gaza!’– Hamas urges the Muslim nations

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HAMAS has urged Arab and Muslim nations to intervene immediately to halt Israel’s resumed assault on Gaza, stressing that regional powers bear a ‘direct...

51 refugee deaths in UK detention centres

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THERE has been a sharp increase in the deaths of refugees in detention centres in the UK in the last 18 months. More than...

Uni Strike Suspension Condemned!

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THE SUSPENSION of national strike action across 150 universities by the UCU lecturers union was condemned by a leading London member of the union...

FORWARD WITH GENERAL STRIKE! – Dave Wiltshire calls for action at WRP May Day...

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DAVE WILTSHIRE, the Secretary of the All Trades Unions Alliance told the WRP’s May Day rally: ‘From this May Day meeting we send revolutionary...

‘CULTURAL VANDALISM!’ Free TV licences for over-75s axed

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‘TO HOBBLE the BBC in this way is, as one MP has already described, a piece of cultural vandalism. The government must face up...

Hancock Refuses To Sign To Reopen Ealing Maternity!

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EALING SOUTHALL WRP candidate Hassan Zulkifal confronted Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock outside Ealing Hospital yesterday morning. Hancock claimed: ‘We’ve saved the A&E and now...

100 Tories rebel over ‘Plan B’

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JOHNSON’S ‘Plan B’ measures to attempt to slow the advance of the new Omicron strain of coronavirus only passed in Parliament yesterday with the...

DOWNING ST LAWBREAKERS – to be named by Civil Service boss Gray

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SUE GRAY INTENDS TO NAME civil servants who broke Covid rules at lockdown parties in and around Downing Street. The senior civil servant will publish...

Israel Arrests Birzeit Students!

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THE Right to Education Campaign (REC) today condemned the Israeli military raid that resulted in the detention of 10 students of Birzeit University as...

‘SORRY WRONG HOUSE!’ say Israeli soldiers after murdering 21-year-old

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‘We made a mistake in the house,’ said one of the Israeli occupation soldiers, trying to justify to the mother of Mohammad Ibrahim Shaham,...

Israel launches fresh Gaza ground invasion!

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ISRAEL has launched a fresh ground invasion into Gaza City, with occupying forces pushing into the Shejaiya neighbourhood early on Friday. According to Gaza’s civil...

‘Trump is behind drive to extradite Assange’ – says US lawyer alleging Trump wants...

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US PRESIDENT Trump is behind the politically motivated prosecution of Julian Assange who he said should receive the death penalty, it was alleged by...

Teachers 98% strike vote! – Nationwide strikes on 27th April & 2nd May

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TEACHERS have voted by a massive 98% in favour of strike action to defeat the Tories’ miserable 4.3% pay offer. Commenting on the ballot result...

Tata steel workers vote to take strike action!

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TATA Steelworkers have overwhelmingly voted to strike with three quarters of them backing industrial action, the GMB union announced on Monday. The ballot ended with...

Farmers Descend On Parliament!

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HUNDREDS of farmers descended on Parliament on their tractors yesterday, demanding ‘Save Family Farming!’ Having driven to the capital from as far afield as Exmoor,...

Local councils £3.5bn financial hole Tories are demanding savage cuts – Tories are demanding...

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LOCAL councils have a hole in their finances exceeding £3.5bn collectively for the coming financial year, making it extremely likely they will have to...

Big Workers Protest As Netanyahu & Tories Meet

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ON FRIDAY, hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street in central London to protest the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was...

52 Palestinians killed!

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ON THURSDAY alone, at least 52 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza. Eighteen were massacred in Jabalia when a residential home sheltering displaced...

STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT! – Labour insists maintain £20 uplift

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‘REDUCING Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit would be fundamentally the wrong decision. It would be a profound mistake and put millions of families...

US government shutdown – Trump threatens mass sackings

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THE United States government shut down yesterday after last-ditch efforts by lawmakers to pass a spending bill failed. Speaking to reporters at the White House,...

Taliban: ‘We have emancipated Afghanistan and made it free’ – Amnesty for all announced...

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THE TALIBAN announced a ‘general amnesty’ yesterday for government workers across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government. ‘We must congratulate the victorious struggle...

34 Sixth Form Colleges Out Today!

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THIRTY-FOUR sixth form colleges are on strike today to demand more funding for their students and their colleges. Nine colleges are joining the strike action...

6th Form strikes escalating

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ON THE EVE of budget day, National Education Union members working in 34 sixth form colleges walked out demanding more funding as colleges have...

The BMA has never been as strong as today for full pay restoration!

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OVER 1,000 striking junior doctors rallied in Whitehall outside Downing Street on Friday afternoon, at the beginning of another four-day strike to defend the...

60 Unis Begin 8-Day Strike!

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STUDENTS across the UK were on picket lines yesterday supporting their lecturers and support staff on the first day of their eight-day strike action...

Sixth Forms strike today across UK

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TWENTY five Sixth Form Colleges take their second day of strike action today against savage cuts to pay, funding, courses and staff. The strikers, who...

Donetsk & Lugansk sanctioned by UK!

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THE leaders of Ukraine’s breakaway regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are among those who are being targeted by the new UK anti-Russian...

BMA doctors demand a tangible and acceptable pay offer!

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BMA resident doctors’ committee co-chairs Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan yesterday called for a ‘tangible and acceptable’ pay offer. Commenting on new talks...

14 Days Strike At 74 Universities!

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THE BLAME for the disruption to students’ education by strike action starting today lays squarely at the door of vice-chancellors, said the University and...

A ‘BEYOND SUBSTANTIAL’ PAY RISE FOR NHS IN 2021-22! – demand health trade unions

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THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic reinforces – not diminishes – the strong case for the NHS workforce to receive a ‘beyond substantial’ pay rise for 2021-22,...

EXTRADITION HALTED! ‘A victory for Julian’ – Stella Moris addresses Assange supporters outside Old...

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‘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...

‘Doctors are already shouldering the burden of staff shortages’

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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...

UK abusing terrorism laws! says Amnesty International Secretary General

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IN A MAJOR police state move, 29 demonstrators were arrested in London at a protest in support of Palestine Action on Saturday, the day...

Israel – 5 massacres in 24 hours

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ISRAELI occupation forces committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at...

Pupils miss out! Primary schools at bursting point

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PARENTS found out yesterday if their child got into the primary school of their choice, while at their annual conference, the National Education Union...

Ambulance staff at breaking point

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AMBULANCE staff are at breaking point, with the union Unison raising the alarm yesterday that services are facing unprecedented 999 call volumes and unsustainable...

NHS Backlog Plans Delayed

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A LAST minute intervention in Whitehall delayed plans to tackle the backlog of patients on hospital waiting lists in England. Details of the NHS England...

Parliamentary Democracy RIP! – Stewart wants a ‘Citizens Assembly’

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BORIS Johnson came under fire yesterday for boycotting last night’s Channel 4 debate between the candidates for the Tory party leadership and the position...

Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!

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GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...

Cases of police sexual abuse are rising! – Warns Independent Office for Police Conduct...

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CASES of police abusing their role for sexual gain have risen sharply, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) warned yesterday, revealing the fact...