‘The Tories have left us with a black hole of £22bn this year’ Labour’s...
LABOUR PM Sir Keir Starmer, after a few warm words about how special Brighton was to him, got down to business to tell the...
‘We Won’t Let You Close Lewisham Hospital’
LEWISHAM East Labour MP Heidi Alexander handed in a 22,000 signature petition to Downing Street yesterday against plans to axe Lewisham Hospital’s A&E and...
‘DON’T RAISE PENSION AGE’ – urges TUC leader O’Grady
‘THE government should abandon its plan to raise the state pension age in light of the new evidence on projected life expectancies,’ TUC General...
Abu Ghraib Contractor Producing Drones For Usa
THE defence contractor which reached a settlement with alleged victims of torture in the notorious prison of Abu Ghraib is now again at the...
KING CRISIS WARNING –prepare for Eurozone break-up
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King yesterday urged banks to brace themselves for a eurozone collapse. Introducing the latest financial stability report, King said: ‘Faced...
£50,000 A Day To Strike Break
Firefighters in Suffolk were angry yesterday as the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces set out to break their strike actions against plans...
One Hour Training For Serco Breast Cancer Screeners
THE CANCER breast screening scandal has been exacerbated by news that the call handlers on the hotline set up by health secretary Jeremy Hunt...
Grenfell Mass Protest Tonight
ONLY a fraction of the donated £20 million has reached the survivors and families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy which claimed...
Greek General Strike Topples Government!
THE massive united action of workers and youth in Greece, unleashed in the enormous one-day general strike last Wednesday, has toppled the hated government...
TUC MUST CALL GENERAL STRIKE! – bring down Tories – bring in a workers...
THE railways will be shut down for 3 days on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, when workers from Network Rail and 13 train operating companies...
RMT pledges to fight cuts in oil workers’ jobs
FOLLOWING a global collapse in the price of oil, oil giant BP yesterday announced it is to cut 300 jobs in its North...
Syria Is Winning!
THE Syrian army has scored ‘major victories’ against ‘rebels’ and now holds ‘the balance of power’ in the conflict, President Bashar al-Assad told a...
A NATIONAL SCANDAL – Help the Aged condemns winter death figure
‘THESE figures are nothing short of a national scandal. It’s obscene that in this day and age more than 25,000 people aged 65 and...
‘REVERSE GP CUTS!’ – Dr Gerada warns coalition
PATIENTS are bearing the brunt of savage cuts to GP surgeries, said the Royal College of GPs yesterday. The RCGP said: ‘GPs are facing a...
Secret trials go ahead!
THE ‘secret courts’ Justice and Security Bill places UK Security Services and Government Ministers ‘above the law,’ civil rights charities Reprieve and Liberty warned...
No Legal Aid – No Justice!
OVER 200 barristers, solicitors, law students, probation officers and trade union supporters yesterday morning demonstrated outside Westminster Magistrates Court in defence of legal aid. Russell...
Eu Must Represent Millions Who Are Opposed To Brexit Says Tusk
THE President of the European Council warned yesterday that anti-Brexit British voters who want to remain in the EU must not be ‘betrayed’. Treating Britain...
Legal bid to halt Aslef strike
SOUTHERN rail owner Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) yesterday launched a legal bid to stop ASLEF’s strike action. GTR issued proceedings at the High Court to...
Parliament votes to bomb Iraq! – as Cameron claims the right to attack Syria
SIX RAF Tornados were ready to go last night to begin raining bombs down on Iraq after an extraordinary session of parliament which...
Rcn Demands ‘A Pause’
A PETITION signed by over 46,000 nurses and members of the public was delivered to 10 Downing Street yesterday by a delegation from the...
No NHS Bed Cuts!
CALLS by NHS England chief nursing officer Jane Cummings to cut acute care beds and close District General Hospitals, were roundly condemned by a...
Cameron hiding behind Hunt
PRESSURE mounted on prime minister Cameron yesterday over his refusal to refer the actions of Culture, Media and Sports Secretary Jeremy Hunt to...
97% of teachers oppose SATs – National strike is looming
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...
COUNCILS SUING RBS – over pension fund losses
Merseyside and North Yorkshire local authority pension funds are suing Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for compensation. The funds accuse RBS of withholding the extent...
Birmingham bin strikers bring their fight to London
STRIKING Birmingham binworkers are holding a London rally outside Parliament today where their Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham will deliver a speech calling...
MPs must vote to recognise Palestine!
LEADING figures in the British and Israeli Labour parties are working together to defeat the resolution to recognise Palestine, that is to...
The occupation is starving us say Palestinian children
‘THE occupation is starving us,’ a young boy said yesterday, speaking alongside several dozen other young children who are among the 60,000 Palestinians who...
Dangerous Clinicenta brought back into NHS
THE Clinicenta private treatment centre at the Lister hospital, Stevenage, is to be brought back into the local NHS trust because of dangerous care...
Corbyn is to demand vote on Syrian intervention!
PRIME Minister May will go before the House of Commons today to try to explain why she ordered British cruise missile attacks on Syria...
Another mass picket at Gate Gourmet
THE mass picket of over 100 Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow Airport yesterday were angry at capitalist press revelations that at least two of...
Over two million Palestinians face relentless bombardment
THE humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues to escalate, with over two million Palestinians – half of whom are children – facing relentless bombardment by...
UK TRADE DEAL WITH ISRAEL MUST NOT BE A BETRAYAL OF PALESTINIANS – says...
AMNESTY International UK has warned that a new UK trade deal with Israel could allow Israel to consolidate its settler-colonialism and apartheid in the...
West Midlands firefighters strike looms – over 300 jobs threatened
FIREFIGHTERS in the West Midlands have warned they could be forced to take industrial action over plans to cut 300 firefighting posts, leaving the...
‘work Experience’ On A Hospital Ward!
MOVES by a Midlands hospital trust to recruit unpaid ‘jobseekers’ to clean wards and ‘support patients through their hospital experience’ were condemned by a...
Mobilise Against Starvation And Genocide!
THE Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported yesterday afternoon that 109 Palestinians were killed and 216 others injured in the escalating Israeli...
Firefighters March With Grenfell Families & Supporters
HUNDREDS of firefighters from fire brigades across the UK marked the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell disaster yesterday by participating in the silent walk...
Cwu ‘yes’ To Strike Action
POSTAL workers in London have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in an attempt to protect jobs and services from arbitrary cuts. Martin Walsh,...
Labour Defeats The Snp Nationalists!
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...
NHS Bosses Won’t Talk To Bma!
THE British Medical Association yesterday criticised NHS employers for refusing to enter into talks over the loss of hospital accommodation support. From August 2008, junior...
Defend Benefits!
A lively contingent of single mums, people with disabilities, unemployed youth and their supporters protested to the House of Lords yesterday, to demand...
Doctors To Take Action Over 1% Pay Offer
SENIOR doctors in England will be consulted on taking industrial action if the government’s 1% pay rise offer is not improved. The British Medical Association...
Palestinian Killed At Point Blank Range
VIDEO footage has emerged showing a Palestinian being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier at point-blank range despite lying motionless and severely...
‘Don’t Play Games With A&E!’
‘NO more games with our A&Es,’ doctors demanded yesterday in the wake of the intense A&E crisis over the winter. Doctors union, the BMA, said...
Britain Must Stop The Killing Of Tamils
THE Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) mobilised over 3,500 supporters of the struggle of the Tamils in a lively and colourful demonstration outside Downing Street...
Sa Revolution Warning
STRIKE leaders at Gold Fields KDC West operations in Carletonville, Northwest province, South Africa, said yesterday that their industrial action will not end until...