Corbyn Attacks ‘No Deal’ Brexit At Tuc Conference!
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn made a ‘project fear’ speech at the TUC in Brighton yesterday, in which he described a No-Deal Brexit as a...
US Vetoes Resolution For Gaza Ceasefire!
THE US veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip is unjustifiable, says Zhang Jun, China’s...
‘Our NHS is not for sale to the US!’ – Corbyn tells anti-Trump rally
‘THIS SHOULD not be a debate about how we go forward with a no deal Brexit and at the same time offering up our...
Tories announce £330bn bailout for big business
TORY Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday unveiled a multi-billion bailout for big businesses in light of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking at the daily press conference Sunak...
Tory programme of attacks on working class!
THE TORY programme of 38 pieces of anti-working class legislation which the government plans during the current parliamentary session was outlined in the Queen’s...
‘THIS IS STOP BREXIT WEEK!’ – says Sir Keir Starmer
MPs WILL seek to bring forward legislation to stop Brexit this week, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said. He said the plan...
Free Palestine! Free Mo Chara! – demand 1,000-strong crowd
OVER 1,000 people assembled outside Westminster Magistrates Court in Marylebone, central London yesterday, protesting at the arrest on terrorist charges of member of Irish...
Fires burn across Kuwait’s largest refinery for 2nd day
FIRES burned across Kuwait’s largest oil refinery for a second consecutive day as Iran widened its strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure, while Tehran warned...
Kurds march on Downing Street
AROUND 1,000 Kurds and their supporters marched from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street yesterday afternoon in protest against the police attack on the Kurdish...
Leaseholders’ cladding nightmare is continuing – Tory extra £3.5 billion is too little too...
‘THREE and a half years on from Grenfell and hundreds of thousands can’t sleep at night because their homes are unsafe,’ Labour’s Shadow Housing...
Over 500,000 Public Sector Workers Strike
OVER half a million public sector workers from eight unions were on strike yesterday, fighting against the Tory government’s attack on their pay, conditions...
Unite rejects cutting NHS ‘sick notes!’
GOVERNMENT proposals to force GPs to sign fewer sick notes for workers have been rejected by Doctors in Unite, which represents GPs and doctors...
‘We must come together to stop no-deal’ – says Labour leader Corbyn
‘WE MUST come together to stop no-deal. This week could be the last chance. We are working with other parties to do everything necessary...
Dozens of women and children brutally murdered by Israeli genocidal regime
DOZENS of innocent civilians, including children and women, were brutally murdered and others injured yesterday as the occupying Israeli regime continued its genocidal war...
‘REFORM OR DIE’ – Starmer launches major attack on the NHS
THE NEW Labour government launched its massive attack on the NHS yesterday, with PM Sir Keir Starmer threatening that the NHS must ‘reform or...
Ambulance staff at breaking point
AMBULANCE staff are at breaking point, with the union Unison raising the alarm yesterday that services are facing unprecedented 999 call volumes and unsustainable...
CWU defiant and fighting Royal Mail asset-stripping
ROYAL MAIL is to seek a High Court injunction on Tuesday to stop a postal strike. The company said it woulmake a formal application on...
Scottish Schools Re-0Pening Failure
DESPITE the Scottish experiment of opening schools in August proving to be a total failure, the Tories proceeded with the re-opening of schools in...
Assange Must Be Freed!
ALMOST a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret US documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide...
Manchester specialist fire rescue unit shut!
‘LIVES will be at risk’ if Manchester is targeted again by terrorists because a specialist fire service unit has shut, a watchdog warned yesterday. Concerns...
Working class kids denied education!
THE CHILDREN of working class families are being denied an education during the coronavirus lockdown as many families do not have access to laptops,...
‘Our members deserve fair pay – and will be taking action for as long...
‘OUR members deserve fair pay and will be taking action for as long as it takes to get it,’ said Communications Workers Union (CWU)...
‘EXTEND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP’ – LP Conference rejects Starmer line
A MOTION from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite was passed at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday calling for ‘extending public...
‘Avanti West Coast Want Drivers To Work With A Real Terms Wage Cut!’
AHEAD of the powerful one-day strike at nine major train privateers this Saturday, Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan has accused one of them, Avanti...
Grenfell Tower survivors threatened with eviction
MAHAD Egal, Jamie Murray and their two young children, who survived the Grenfell Tower fire, like so many others have still not been permanently...
A ‘BEYOND SUBSTANTIAL’ PAY RISE FOR NHS IN 2021-22! – demand health trade unions
THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic reinforces – not diminishes – the strong case for the NHS workforce to receive a ‘beyond substantial’ pay rise for 2021-22,...
Norwich City Council to strike!
WORKERS who carry out vital services for Norwich City Council have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action. In the Unite ballot 83% of the workers backed...
Israel bombs Gaza wedding – kills 6
THE Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned an Israeli attack on a wedding celebration in Gaza that killed at least six people, including...
Hunt announces EU coalition to patrol Gulf
‘COBRA emergency meetings were held this morning and throughout the weekend. We must now take appropriate action to support the safe passage of vessels...
RAISE STAFF PAY OR WE STRIKE! – UCU tells six college administrators
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) yesterday told the bosses of six colleges in the North West to urgently raise staff pay if they...
Rubio-Netanyahu joint press conference!
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference in Israel yesterday, in which they threatened...
Israeli Army Continues Massacres!
IN the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians – half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for...
DOCTORS ‘FEEL LIKE CANNON FODDER’ says Chair of Doctors’ Association UK
Doctors ‘feel like lambs to the slaughter and cannon fodder’, said the chair of the Doctors’ Association UK yesterday morning, demanding that frontline NHS...
‘Smokescreen for NHS privatisation’ – Scrap the Health and Care Bill!
THE government has been accused of using the pandemic as ‘a smokescreen’ to push through the Health and Care Bill which will open the...
‘No Medals, Badges Or Claps Just Pay Nurses 12.5% Rise!’
‘NO MEDALS, badges or claps this time – just pay nursing fairly’, a nursing union leader told Boris Johnson yesterday. The leader of the UK’s...
Nationalise P&O says RMT
ON THE day the owners in Dubai are set to pay hundreds of millions in dividends, RMT has called for P&O Ferries to be...
FISCAL CRISIS STATEMENT DELAYED! – as UK government consults with bankers
CHANCELLOR Hunt has announced that the ‘fiscal statement’, which had been due to be delivered next Monday, 31st October, will now be delayed by...
Unite Pleads With Tories To Extend Job Retention Scheme!
UNITE and over 100 MPs have joined forces to plead with Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the job retention scheme (JRS) for the aviation...
Postal Workers Call To ‘Bring Down Tories’
ROYAL MAIL Communication Workers Union (CWU) postal workers were in a determined mood during their latest pay strike yesterday. At Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow,...
Greek seafarers win historic victory
THE Greek seafarers’ trade union PENEN declared on Wednesday the victory of the 10-day solid strike on the ferries of the Italy-Greece line at...
Iran-US deal goes ahead
ISRAEL has agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, a senior US official confirmed yesterday, after Iran refused to resume talks with Washington until the...
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...
OVERTURN STARMER’S ATTACK ON PENSIONERS! – demands Unite leader Graham
OVER 200 people protested outside Parliament yesterday to demand the reversal of the Starmer Labour government’s scrapping of the Winter Fuel Allowance for 10...
Israel approves 22 new illegal settlements in West Bank
Israel has approved the establishment of 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision was reportedly taken in a closed-door vote by...
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...