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ISRAELI FORCES KILL SCORES IN GAZA AND JENIN! – including doctors and children

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SEVEN Palestinians were killed and 13 others injured yesterday morning when the Israeli occupation forces stormed Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank and...

Hospitals & Staff Under Extreme Pressures! Says NHS Boss Stevens

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‘THE FACTS are very clear and I’m not going to sugar-coat them, hospitals are under extreme pressure and staff are under extreme pressure,’ NHS...

‘Let’s get our act together!’ –TUC leader O’Grady appeals to the Tories

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TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said yesterday that the jobs market is on ‘red alert’, with thousands of firms set to go ‘over a...

‘EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON EU!’ – says Labour’s shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott

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LABOUR, the LibDems, the SNP and pro-Remain Tories are set to vote against the government holding a 12th December General Election in the House...

NEU teachers – Two further strike days!

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THE NATIONAL Education Union (NEU) has announced that its members in England will take two further days of strike action this term – on...

Corbyn launches election: ‘Remain in EU an option’

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn, in launching his party’s election campaign yesterday, reiterated Labour’s plan for Brexit which means renegotiating another deal with the European...

FBU condemns Tories for ignoring Grenfell findings

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THE Fire Brigades Union has written to the government to demand it rethinks its decision to reject a key Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendation, on...

Tories scrap Leeds leg of HS2 – trade unions must take action

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THE TUC, Unite, RMT, GMB, Aslef and TSSA all said yesterday that the Tories scrapping of the Leeds leg of the HS2 was a...

The Tuc Must Call A General Strike Now To Boot The Tories Out!

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STATEMENT BY THE NEWS LINE EDITORIAL BOARD THE News Line Editorial Board sends its May Day greetings to the working class, the youth and the...

Parliament – special Brexit sitting October 19th!

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MPs have been called to Parliament for a special Saturday sitting on 19th October, following a meeting of the EU’s EC on Friday which...

‘This is a fight we have to win’ says UCU

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IMPERIAL College staff were boosted on their picket line yesterday morning by the support of an engineering student and a vintage bus. The nationwide strike...

110,000 Palestinians killed, missing or injured

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‘APPROXIMATELY 110,000 Palestinians are reported killed, missing or injured, leaving many suffering long-term disabilities four months into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip,’ Euro-Med...

North Shropshire Disaster For Tories – Pm Johnson Facing Sack!

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THE Tory Party has lost the ‘farming country’ North Shropshire seat’ that it has held for nearly 200 years to the Liberal Democrats, in...

‘We are fighting for the survival of Brunel University’ say UCU strikers

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‘WE ARE STRONG, united and determined to win,’ and ‘We are fighting for the survival of Brunel University,’ University and College Union (UCU) strikers declared...

National strike to defend HE jobs! – call from Brunel University picket line

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‘WE have to step up the fight and unite in action across the country to defend all jobs in higher education,’ Hermione Xanthopoulou, Director...

Don’t withhold the Palestinian revenues urge Nordic nations!

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THE Nordic nations have voiced serious concerns over the withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues, further straining the already difficult fiscal situation of the Palestinian...

Israeli forces target Khan Younis school for onslaught

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Israeli forces targeted a school in Khan Younis that was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, critically injuring at least eight people yesterday. ‘We heard from...

Over two million Palestinians face relentless bombardment

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THE humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues to escalate, with over two million Palestinians – half of whom are children – facing relentless bombardment by...

No Xmas Wages For 600 Workers

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THE collapse of construction firm Clugston has halted work on Newcastle University’s new £39m extension and £25m sports centre. Clugston, which employs more than 600...

Tory Rwanda plan unlawful

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THE TORY plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was yesterday dismissed by the Supreme Court, ending over 18 months of legal battles in...

97% of teachers oppose SATs – National strike is looming

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NINETY seven percent of 54,000 primary school teachers polled are opposed to the SATs exams, their union the National Education Union reports today, the...

Rising prices ‘are a price worth paying’ says Johnson

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WHILST pledging a further half-a-billion pounds cash for the Ukrainian army yesterday, Tory PM Boris Johnson said that rising prices at home are ‘a...

Hamas condemns Trump’s threats – urges proceed to a lasting truce

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HAMAS has condemned threats made by US President Donald Trump, warning that his remarks will embolden Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas...

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...

Students join striking university staff – Day one of 3-day strike at 58 unis

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AS PART of the nationwide three-day strike to combat pay and pension cuts to university staff, a team of over 40 activists from unions...

Labour Defeats The Snp Nationalists!

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THE Labour Party has defeated the SNP to win the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. The party’s candidate, Michael Shanks, took the Westminster seat with...

Nurses pay cut plan a ‘death knell’ for Truss!

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TORY leadership candidate Liz Truss was forced into a humiliating U-Turn yesterday, after saying in a ‘hustings’ meeting on Monday night that, as Prime...

TORY VACCINE POLICY CHALLENGED! – unregulated, unlicensed trial is condemned

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THE GAP between the first and second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine must be reduced to three or four weeks to ensure it...

Hamas Files A Legal Challenge In The UK

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PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has filed a legal challenge in the UK against its designation as a ‘proscribed terrorist organisation’, marking a significant move...

Israel assassinates Gaza mayor

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ISRAELI air attacks throughout Gaza caused scores of Palestinian deaths yesterday, following the targeted assassination of al-Maghazi mayor Hatem al-Ghamri on Monday evening. The Government...

5,500 Children killed in Gaza! – World Children’s Day November 20th

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ON WORLD Children’s Day yesterday it was recorded that at least 5,500 children have been killed by the Zionist Israeli regime since it began...

Postmasters Convictions Quashed

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JUDGES have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the most widespread miscarriage of ruling class justice in the history of UK capitalism. The...

‘THE NHS IS BEING SOLD OFF AS WE SPEAK!’ – says Anna Athow,...

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THE British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday urged all Conservative Party leadership candidates to commit to excluding the NHS from any post-Brexit trade deals. In a...

Unions condemn Israel – over designating Palestinian organisations as ‘terrorists’

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TRADE unions in the United Kingdom have denounced as outrageous Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist. ‘We strongly condemn the...

Starmer beats war drums at Scottish Labour Party Conference!

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LABOUR Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer beat the war drums at the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Glasgow yesterday. He said that ‘we can’t cling...

Impose arms embargo & sanctions on Israel! – UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

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UNITED Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on UN member states to impose an international arms embargo and sanctions on Israel yesterday afternoon. Speaking at...

1.5m face living in the dark and cold – As more energy companies go...

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NEARLY 1.5 million customers have been hit by energy firms collapsing under soaring gas prices. Avro Energy and Green ceased trading on Wednesday and their...

200,000 on London March for Palestine!

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A HUGE rally of over 200,000 people marched from Russell Square to Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 30th March, Palestinian Land Day, to...

ASLEF Strike Action Today

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TRAIN drivers belonging to ASLEF – the train drivers’ trade union which represents 96% of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales –...

14,350 children killed by Israel in Gaza over 6 months

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Israeli occupation forces kill an average of four children every hour in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported yesterday, the...

6th form teachers strike today!

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TEACHERS are striking today and have announced further strike dates due to the government’s ‘failure to resolve a clear pay discrepancy’ between staff in...

Tories scrap 2 weeks cancer waiting times target – new boost for health...

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THE TORIES stepped up their onslaught on the NHS yesterday with the announcement of the scrapping of the requirement for patients with suspected cancer...

Bring LT cleaners back in-house

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AS THE Omicron crisis grips the capital, Labour politicians yesterday called for public ownership of London Transport cleaning services. The MPs and peers made the...

McDonnell pledges £500bn investment – as deputy leader Watson quits

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‘WE STAND in the best tradition of British socialism,’ Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell said to cheers, outlining yesterday Labour’s economic policy for the...

Tories slash another £250m from social care!

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FRAIL and vulnerable people will go without the care they need, the union Unison warned yesterday, after the Tories slashed social care funding by...