FAMINE – warning from World Food Programme!
THE humanitarian situation in Gaza ‘could soon escalate into famine’ as Israeli forces continue to severely restrict the entry of food and other supplies...
Banks ‘In A State Of Fear And Loathing’
The exposure of the UK to the US sub-prime loans crisis will push up mortgage rates in the UK, a former Bank of England...
Workers hit by global gas hike – Unison warns of big shocks to come
An unprecedented rise in the price of gas has sent shock waves through the UK energy market, forcing energy suppliers out of business, threatening...
UK banks £60bn black hole
THE UK’s ‘big four’ banks face a financial black hole of up to £60bn from regulatory demands, hidden losses, and potential mis-selling costs that...
Remploy Factories Being Closed
THE LABOUR government is proceeding with its disgraceful closure programme of Remploy factories for disabled workers. Twenty-eight of the 83 Remploy factories around the country...
PROVOCATION – AUT denounces threat to cut lecturers wages
University of Strathclyde Association of University Teachers (AUT) representative David Blieman yesterday described as ‘provocative’ a threat to dock lecturers’ pay if they don’t...
Dozens of civilians killed in Palestine
ISRAELI Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for the 642nd consecutive day on Wednesday. Using airstrikes, artillery shelling and live...
Lift Gaza Blockade!
ISRAEL must immediately lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip, allowing the delivery of fuel and other essential supplies into the territory without restrictions,...
‘Pensions Robbery’ – Challenge By Unions
SIX unions have mounted a legal challenge on behalf of millions of public sector workers over what inflation index is used to increase their...
PCS-Budget Day Strike!
UP to a quarter of a million civil and public servants from across the UK will be taking part in a one day strike...
Don’t carry out Tory NHS cuts! – Unison urges Northern Ireland NHS Trusts
UNISON yesterday challenged all five Health Trust Boards in Northern Ireland to refuse to comply with a Tory government demand for cuts. In addresses to...
Nationwide protests against rail fare hikes today
A WAVE of protests are taking place outside train stations across the country this morning as millions of commuters see their ticket fare...
Athens Court Finds ‘No’ Protesters Guilty
AN Athens court has sentenced three marchers of the 15 July demonstration against austerity. They were accused of throwing petrol bombs at the riot...
‘THE TALKS ARE A TRAP’ – We must strike on Thursday and Friday
‘The talks are a trap to get over Christmas,’ warned Hampstead Delivery Office Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy unit rep John Taylor yesterday. He...
Greek May Day Strike
Greek workers, youth and students in their thousands demonstrated in every city on May Day celebrating historic past struggles and showing their determination to...
Stop the War condemns Starmer’s ‘grotesque’ warmongering
LABOUR Prime Minister Keir Starmer banged the war drums against Russia yesterday and claimed that he intends to make Britain ‘battle-ready’. ‘Russia is already menacing...
Palestinian teen severely beaten!
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Palestinian minor has told his lawyer that he was severely beaten while detained by Israeli occupation soldiers last week and that he...
270,000 Nurses consider taking strike action!
MORE than a quarter of a million nurses could be balloted in May for immediate strike action to smash the Tory pay freeze. The...
‘Make May Day a day of struggle for Palestine’ – Hamas
HAMAS has called on human rights and humanitarian organisations around the world to fulfill their responsibilities in exposing the escalating Israeli crimes and violations...
RESIGN NOW HEWITT! – demand junior doctors
‘The appropriate thing for Patricia Hewitt to do, would be to resign now,’ said furious junior doctors yesterday after their personal details were made...
Huge cuts in school funding! says NUT’s Kevin Courtney
DAVID Cameron is misleading parents and the public on school funding, says the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Commenting on Cameron’s statement on school funding...
Back to Work regulations are ruled illegal!
IN A LANDMARK decision yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal ruling of last February that the Regulations governing the government’s ‘Back...
Set The Strike Dates Now! Demand Cabin Crew
‘We want the next strike dates set now,’ a female British Airways cabin crew member at Heathrow told News Line yesterday. She was responding ...
‘I WILL NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE’ – Glenn Close says she’ll boycott Oscars
ON STRIKE writers of US daytime TV dramas, short stories and online serials are set to host a special picket event, Daytime United, in...
Strike against 30% cuts
‘WE HAVE to take strike action where and when we can and as much as we can,’ Sharon Hutchinson, northwest regional organiser and equalities...
Uni Strike Suspension Condemned!
THE SUSPENSION of national strike action across 150 universities by the UCU lecturers union was condemned by a leading London member of the union...
Rice Visit To Blackburn Cancelled
Fears of massive anti-war protests forced the cancellation of yesterday’s planned visit to Blackburn by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice had planned to...
Energy Bills Are To Rise By 54%!
THE AVERAGE household’s energy bill will rise by £693 annually after a 54% increase to the price cap announced yesterday which will undoubtedly plunge...
CIVIL SERVANTS STRIKE LOOMS! – London lecturers out on June 9
Delegates at this year’s Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) national conference yesterday voted overwhelmingly for a strike ballot of 280,000 members working across...
‘Unions will take to the streets’ – to defend N Ireland NHS
MASSIVE health service cuts being proposed for Northern Ireland ‘will put patients’ lives at risk’, Dr Tom Black said yesterday. Dr Black who is chair...
Life Terms Like ‘confetti’
THE Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prison Reform Trust yesterday expressed concern over mandatory life sentences being extended to crimes other than...
MAU MAU HEROES! – take on British state
The UK government must take responsibility for the torture of Kenyans under the 1950s British colonial government, one of the survivors, 82-year-old Wambugu Wa...
‘CALL OFF BRITISH ARMY PARADE THROUGH BELFAST’ by John Coulter
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún and MLA for West Belfast Jennifer McCann were joined by family members, who have lost loved ones at...
HAMAS IS READY TO FREE SOLDIER – but Israel baulks at prisoner release
ISRAEL blitzed Gaza from the air Sunday early morning, setting the interior ministry ablaze and killing a Palestinian fighter in the latest offensive aimed...
DON’T LET MPs STEAL BREXIT! says senior Cabinet Minister Fox
THERE is a risk MPs will ‘steal Brexit from the British people’ if Theresa May’s proposed ‘backstop’ deal is rejected, senior cabinet minister Liam...
JAIL TIME FOR BANKERS – raised at parliamentary committee
EX-Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond was asked point blank yesterday if he believed bankers who broke the law should be jailed. He was asked the...
BA PENSIONS CRISIS – work longer or pay more, workers told
BRITISH Airways workers are being threatened again that they will either have to work longer or pay more to maintain the value of their...
Corbyn demands permanent Customs Union
‘ONE area that the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn and I do not agree,’ Tory PM Theresa May said in the House of...
Israeli military continues its massacres in the region!
THOUSANDS of people in northern Gaza are facing an imminent massacre as the Israeli military continues its weeks-long siege and heavy bombardment of the region,...
Railworkers will resist any Tory attack on their right to strike!
RAIL unions yesterday slammed Tory plans to illegalise rail strikes. Page 60 of the Conservative Party general election manifesto says: ‘We will work with train...
CWU TO LOBBY UNITE – stop managers scabbing!
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) London Divisional Committee has called a demonstration at the Unite union’s head office in Holborn, central London, on Thursday. The...
‘We need properly funded GP services!’ – says BMA’s petition to government
MORE than 10,000 people have signed the BMA’s petition calling for the Westminster government to properly fund general practice and source more desperately-needed GPs. The...
‘I want to transform Capitalism’ says John McDonnell as he disowns Marx
LABOUR will not raise taxes for the vast majority of workers but will increase rates for those earning over £80,000, John McDonnell said yesterday. He...
MASS GRAVES AT GAZA HOSPITALS – EU & UN call for war crimes inquiry
THE EU and the UN called for an official probe into mass graves at hospitals in Gaza, where hundreds of bodies have been discovered,...
Green light to privatise Haringey
THE HIGH Court has given the council the go-ahead to privatise Haringey’s housing, allowing huge private developers to embark on a £2bn private housing...