Refurbishment to blame for fire deaths – Fire expert tells Inquiry
FIREFIGHTERS were not to blame for the stay-put strategy in the Grenfell Tower, fire expert Dr Barbara Lane told the Inquiry, it is...
Doctors dangerously tired! BMA launches ‘Sleep Charter’
DOCTORS must have at least 46 hours rest after a string of night shifts in order to combat fatigue at work, according to a...
Police Killers ‘Out Of Control’
Firearms and surveillance officers hunting down Jean Charles de Menezes were ‘out of control’ when he was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station, a...
Strike At NHS Logistics
TWO 24-hour national strikes by staff at NHS Logistics were announced yesterday, after the workers voted 3-1 for action against the government’s plans to...
Down With The Imf Junta Say Athens Workers
Over five thousand public sector workers marched through the Athens city centre last Tuesday evening against the government’s appeal to the IMF. Throughout the militant...
140 Air Strikes On Gaza!
THE ISRAELI military has carried out over 140 air strikes against the Gaza Strip, threatening another full-scale military offensive against the blockaded coastal enclave...
‘There is no safe place on the Gaza strip!’
‘LIFE has completely vanished, and the displaced wander with uncertainty, not knowing where to go as there is no safe place in the Gaza...
RAIL STRIKE IS ON! – to defend safety
Four days of national strike action against job cuts and in defence of safety were announced by the RMT and TSSA rail unions yesterday,...
VOTE WRP ON DECEMBER 12! BREAK WITH THE EU! FORWARD TO A WORKERS GOVERNMENT...
THE DECEMBER 12th election is a crisis election, in a situation where the worldwide crisis of capitalism is deepening rapidly to explosion point. Eleven...
Fire cuts hampering flood response
FIRE and rescue services currently responding to the floods in northern England are hampered by the unprecedented cuts they have suffered over the...
PM HELD ILLEGAL DRINKS PARTY – while millions were under lockdown
PM JOHNSON yesterday apologised for attending an illegal drinks party in the Downing Street garden while millions of people were under lockdown, and making...
School students march in Athens
THOUSANDS of school pupils and student protesters in Athens tried to breach the barricades in front of the parliament building last Thursday. They faced...
‘Save our NHS!’ demands 400-strong lobby
THERE was a lively 400-strong lobby of Parliament organised by the Unite trade union yesterday afternoon to ‘Save Our NHS’ and ‘Stop the Cuts’...
Junior Doctors Ballot For Action
JUNIOR doctors across England are to be balloted by the BMA over industrial action in response to the government’s plans to impose a new,...
Child heart surgery closures are threatened!
CONSULTATION has begun into the closures of children’s heart surgeries in England after a review last year. There was a huge public outcry against the...
RMT STRIKE BANNED! –Ruling class justice at work
THE High Court yesterday followed up its decision to ban strike action at British Airways at Christmas by banning strike action at Network Rail...
CROW CALLS FOR GENERAL STRIKE! – no mandate for coalition cuts!
THE RMT’s Bob Crow yesterday called for ‘general coordinated strike action allied to community direct action’ to resist the ConDem coalition government’s...
Israeli occupation forces and colonists escalate attacks on the West Bank
Israeli occupation forces and colonists have escalated their attacks across the occupied West Bank, injuring Palestinian civilians, destroying agricultural land, and intensifying efforts to...
Nasrallah assassination ‘an act of Israeli desperation’ says Iran
‘ISRAEL has gone on an assassination spree against resistance commanders in a desperate effort to prevent its demise,’ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf...
Labour Stabs Iraq In The Back
LABOUR leader Corbyn absented himself from the vote on Wednesday night when Labour and Tory MPs voted down an SNP motion condemning the ...
YS MARCH STARTS TODAY! –for jobs and free state education
‘WE’RE calling on everyone to join our march from Manchester to London for jobs for youth, and for the smashing of all tuition fees...
de Menezes Report Delayed!
The Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign has responded with anger at claims that the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) report into the Jean Charles’...
All tax advice centres to close!
PCS members held a lively protest outside HM Revenue and Customs Whitehall headquarters yesterday opposing the closure of 281 tax advice centres. Chris Baugh, PCS...
Scrap The Bill!
Public sector union Unison said yesterday that the NHS Future Forum’s report shows a Health Bill beyond repair and that it should be scrapped. The...
194,941 sign ‘Sack Hunt’ petition
PATIENTS and doctors still need answers on seven-day hospital services, Dr Mark Porter, the chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), said yesterday. This follows...
STOP THE THEATRE CLOSURES! – actors to march today from Piccadilly
ACTORS will demonstrate in the centre of London today against a wave of threatened theatre closures. Actors in white masks will take part in today’s...
Israeli military murder Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar – millions are ready to take his...
THE ISRAELI military announced on Thursday that it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Sinwar was reportedly killed on...
UK Full Of Working Poor!
THE ‘improved’ unemployment figures are a mask for a country that is working harder, and getting poorer, with more than 4.5...
Truss Condemns Militant Trade Unions & Nationalisation!
PRIME MINISTER Truss declared war on ‘militant trade unions and nationalised industries’ in her speech at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham yesterday morning. Her...
Ert Fight At Critical Stage
THE occupation of the Greek State TV and Radio network building HQs (ERT) completed eight days and nights on Tuesday and has entered a...
Bank Rate Rise Fears!
The Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has been shaken by the ‘increase in inflationary risks’ which if...
Call general strike! Bring down coalition! Forward to workers government!
TODAY’S march called by the TUC must not be just another mass demonstration against the drive by this coalition to bail out the banks...
Syriza Submits To Troika
THE Greek government decided on Saturday to accept all terms laid down in a statement agreed at last Friday’s Eurogroup Finance Ministers’ meeting that...
‘The Working Class Have To Form A Government’
LOCAL residents from Macclesfield, braved the rain yesterday morning to join the Young Socialists March for Jobs as it left the centre of the...
NO EXTENSION FOR EVACUATION! – Taliban tells US & UK
AN AFGHAN security forces member has been killed in a gunfight by ‘unknown assailants,’ as US and German troops joined the fighting at Kabul...
50 Killed In Gaza City!
ON the 13th day of the ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip, residents say invading Israeli forces committed ‘a new massacre’ in the...
Abbas welcomes 81 UK MPs condemnation of mass evictions
JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement has welcomed the letter by 81 British parliamentarians to the UK’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, calling...
Britain Handing Detainees Over To Afghan Torturers
Two judges will today hear allegations that the British government has been knowingly complicit, for a number of years, in the torture of British-arrested...
Israel imposes total Gaza blockade of food, water & power!
A HUGE barrage of rockets was launched by Palestinian fighters on the Israeli city of Ashkelon yesterday, after warning residents to leave their homes...
Gm Hits Luton With 354 Job Losses
General Motors (GM) yesterday announced 354 job cuts at Vauxhall’s UK plant in Luton and none in Ellesmere Port. On Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
300 GP surgeries are facing closure
ALMOST 300 GP practices are facing closure, a new BMA survey released today has warned. The crisis in general practice is set to worsen according...
RCN slams attacks on nurses
making nurses work as Health Care Assistants for a year before they can start to train as a nurse is ‘a stupid idea’, Royal...
Truss Quits – TUC Must Call A General Strike To Kick Out The Tories!
PM TRUSS resigned yesterday afternoon after a meeting with the Chairman of the Tory MPs backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. Making her announcement, she...
Salonica Teachers Clash With Police
ANGRY teachers and students fought with police yesterday in Salonica, turning Tsimiski Street, a central highway of the city, into a battleground. The normally festive...
Greek Youth Tv Takeover
Throughout Greece last Tuesday school and university students continued with demonstrations and occupations against the right-wing government of Kostas Karamanlis. Virtually all schools and...