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Half a million on London Nakba march for Palestine

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MORE than half a million workers, students and youth joined London’s Nakba 77 march on Downing Street in support of Palestine on Saturday. As it...

Junior Doctors Still Demanding 35%

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RESPONDING to yesterday’s recommendation from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) and the government’s acceptance of that recommendation, the BMA says...

UK will recognise Palestinian State!

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THE UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in London while...

UN Condemns The Israeli Genocide Of Palestinians

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A UNITED Nations special committee has declared that Israel’s warfare methods in the Gaza Strip amount to genocide, citing the regime’s deliberate use of...

Hamas-US in direct talks!

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THE White House has confirmed that the United States has engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas regarding American captives held in Gaza, despite Washington’s...

Tories to hike up National Insurance – Youth will be hit hardest says Intergeneration...

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THE TORIES are pushing for a rise in the National Insurance rate, affecting over 25 million workers to pay for social care. For someone on...

Free Palestine! No war on Iran! – demand 350,000 on London march

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OVER 350,000 workers, students and youth marched through central London from Russell Square to Downing Street on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations...

1,000 NEWLY QUALIFIED GPs ARE FACING DEPORTATION!

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‘Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) is utterly appalled that up to 1,000 newly qualified GPs face deportation despite having completed their GP training in the...

‘WE HAVE HAD MASSIVE SUPPORT FROM PUBLIC’ – ASLEF representative tells News Line

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‘WE HAVE had massive support from the public,’ the ASLEF rep Lucio Buffone told News Line when he spoke out on the well-attended picket...

Hunger strikers for Palestine are defiant & determined to continue

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‘I WAS admitted into A&E on Tuesday afternoon and was returned to Pentonville by Friday evening,’ said pro-Palestinian hunger striker Kamran Ahmed yesterday. Ahmed, one...

Failure To Invest Will Mean Disaster For NHS, Says RCN!

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‘FAILURE to invest more now to tackle the nursing workforce crisis will mean disaster for the health and care services this winter,’ the Royal...

Call an emergency TUC Congress to defy anti-strike laws – says FBU leader Matt...

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TRADE unions must build a campaign to defy the anti-strike laws being pushed through Parliament by the Tories, Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt...

Turned away from A&E!

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GP SURGERIES will start receiving referrals from A&E departments under a new set of measures proposed by NHS England which were announced yesterday. The plans,...

Williamson & Jenrick Sacked

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GAVIN Williamson was the first to go in Tory PM Johnson’s reshuffle yesterday as he was sacked from his post as education secretary. Then...

Israeli tanks surround Gaza hospital – forcibly remove staff and patients!

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ISRAELI occupation forces have encircled the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, demanding the immediate evacuation of all those inside. Gunfire has been reported...

RCN warns ‘Patients are suffering!

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PATIENTS are suffering as the prime minister fails to tackle the waiting list crisis, RCN warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery. The prime...

Labour Party leadership ‘will never be forgiven for cuts’ – says FBU leader Steve...

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THE LABOUR Party leadership will ‘never be forgiven’ if it goes ahead with its benefit cuts plans next Tuesday, the Fire Brigades Union leader...

One million Gaza City residents are refusing to move!

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WHILE the Israeli regime escalated its ground invasion of Gaza City yesterday, around one million Palestinians are resisting the occupying force’s attempts to forcibly...

‘Decade of cuts has undermined Fire Service’ – FBU

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AN outbreak of coronavirus has left Surrey firefighters struggling to maintain fire cover after their brigade management failed to properly implement vital health and...

General strike needed to support hunger strikers!

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THE hunger strikers are ‘losing the ability to speak and stand’, according to Prisoners for Palestine, with the four remaining hunger strikers adding additional...

May Beaten – Corbyn Calls For Election!

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PM MAY lost her latest high-stakes gamble in the House of Commons when her EU Withdrawal Bill was defeated by 344-286 MPs despite a...

60 media and rights organisations urge the EU to impose sanctions on Israel for...

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SOME 60 media and rights organisations yesterday urged the European Union to suspend a cooperation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of ‘massacring journalists’...

Sinn Féin win 37 seats in Irish election!

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SINN Féin was celebrating the results of the Irish elections yesterday which saw them as the second biggest party, winning 37 seats – an...

Barristers Are On Indefinite Strike!

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HUNDREDS of barristers demonstrated outside courts in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London and Manchester yesterday, on the second day of their indefinite strike. Over 100...

Met Students Confined To Rooms By Security Guards!

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STUDENTS at Manchester Metropolitan University are confined to their rooms, with security officers keeping them inside. In a statement, Manchester Met said: ‘Our security teams...

TUC will not be considering a general strike says Nowak!

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NEW TUC leader Paul Nowak has insisted that tomorrow’s meeting of the TUC General Council in central London will not be considering calls for...

Labour is to immediately recognise Palestinian state

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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...

Another huge show of strength! – UCU strike rally, King’s Cross 1.00pm today

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‘Vice chancellors are about to witness another huge show of strength,’ UCU (University and College Union) General Secretary Jo Grady said yesterday, speaking ahead...

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...

The NHS requires an extra £38bn annually!

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THE NHS requires an additional £38bn annually by the end of the next parliament to address the care backlog and reduce prolonged treatment delays,...

Death by a thousand cuts! – teachers union leaders warning

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THE Labour government is threatening to hit schools with ‘death by a thousand cuts’, teachers leaders warned yesterday. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reported...

‘LAST FRIDAY IT WAS LIKE WAR ON THE STREETS OF PARIS’ Yellow vests tell...

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TWO coachloads of French ‘Gilet Jaunes’ (Yellow Vests) joined the Committee to Defend Julian Assange ‘Bastille Day’ protest outside Belmarsh prison in south east...

Nurses Move To Strike Vote

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THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) is urging its hundreds of thousands of members to vote to strike for pay in a ballot which...

Quit the EU! Forward to a workers government! – WRP MAY DAY MANIFESTO

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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...

PLO slams US-sponsored Bahrain conference

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THE PALESTINE Liberation Organisation (PLO) issued a statement slamming the US-sponsored conference in Bahrain on its second and final day yesterday: ‘The PLO Executive Committee...

‘This will end up in a general strike!’ – Ambulance pickets tell News Line

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‘WE’RE striking for better working conditions, pay and the service for patients,’ Unison member Scott Tyler emergency medical technician told News Line on the...

Milan cladding blaze on scale of Grenfell!

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A BLAZE on the scale of the Grenfell Tower Fire broke out around 5:30pm local time on Sunday at the Torre dei Moro building...

Truss Backing Call For UK Citizens To Fight In Ukraine

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TORY Foreign Secretary Truss and Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy were united in calling for an escalation of military and economic war against...
ISMAIL HANIYEH in Tehran where he attended the inaugauration of Iranian president MASOUD PEZESHKIAN (right)

Israeli terror regime assassinates Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh

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MASS demonstrations were held across Palestine and throughout the Arab world yesterday after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by Israel in the Iranian...

‘Our NHS is not for sale to the US!’ – Corbyn tells anti-Trump rally

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‘THIS SHOULD not be a debate about how we go forward with a no deal Brexit and at the same time offering up our...

‘They are liars–they want to destroy everything!’ – Nasser Hospital doctor reports on raid

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‘DO you think they need any reason to attack this hospital? What kind of reason? They are liars! liars! They just want to destroy...

‘Our NHS is under siege!’

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THERE was a lively and enthusiastic picket of over 50 striking NHS workers at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel east London, yesterday morning. Speaking...

Put Elbit in the dock! – First six of Filton 24 appear in court

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THE first six defendants in the Filton 24 case appeared at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday, after being held for more than a year on...

Capital City lecturers strike

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STRIKING Capital City College Group (CCCG) lecturers rallied outside the CEO’s office in Victoria yesterday on the second day of their eight-day strike. The strikers...

Tory Party civil war escalates! – Sunak and Johnson trade insults

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THE TORY Party civil war was ratcheted up yesterday as PM Rishi Sunak accused his predecessor Boris Johnson of asking him to overrule a...