Chancellor Reeves in a crisis as pound plummits to 14-month low
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has come under intense scrutiny after a turbulent period in the financial markets sent the pound plummeting to a 14-month low...
Iraq-Afghan Wars Costs Soar
The government’s forecasts for the costs of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in this financial year have ‘increased significantly over the last three...
Stop The Cuts, Stop The Bullying!
BBC journalists and technicians walked out across the UK at noon yesterday at the start of a 12-hour strike over cuts and a ‘bullying...
‘LET’S CONTINUE!’ say Lambeth College strikers
LAMBETH College UCU began an indefinite strike yesterday in their escalating struggle against the imposition of new contracts. The new contracts would take away both...
‘SHOCKING ABUSE!’ – at the hands of the state
PEOPLE who have fled to Britain, seeking help and refuge, are suffering horrifying violence at the hands of the British state, it was alleged...
Don’t implement contract urges BMA
DO NOT implement the new junior doctors contracts, the BMA urged NHS Trusts yesterday, the day the new contracts were due to be rolled...
BofE cuts interest rates to 0.1%
THE BANK of England cut its base rate to a record low of 0.1%, a sliver above zero, warning the coronavirus pandemic will result...
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...
Grayling wants to bust unions – RMT condemns Tory witch-hunt
‘THIS is an industrial dispute about safety, we are not trying to bring the government down,’ RMT general secretary Mick Cash insisted yesterday. He was...
NO DEAL! – says PCS
THE pcs civil servants union yesterday rejected the government’s pensions plan to force public servants to pay more and work longer for less in...
READY FOR GENERAL ELECTION says Labour leader Corbyn
JEREMY Corbyn has put Labour activists on ‘permanent notice’ amid rumours in Westminster of another general election. He said he would ‘absolutely welcome’ a...
‘HANDS OFF OUR JOBS, WAGES AND PENSIONS’ – Lecturers warn the Tory Lib-Dems
On the eve of today’s budget, striking lecturers told News Line they are determined to defend their pay, pensions and jobs against the Tory-led...
Japan Shut Down
Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified yesterday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns, while investors feared a share market crash. More than...
A&E VISITS 1 MILLION UP! – while Labour embarks on A&E...
Official figures revealed yesterday that there were one million more visits to Accident and Emergency departments in 2005-2006 as the government prepares to ‘reconfigure’...
PM HAS BROKEN PLEDGES! – says top QC Martin Howe
TORY PM Theresa May was yesterday accused of a ‘wholesale abandonment’ of Brexit promises by top QC Martin Howe. May’s controversial Chequers sell-out deal...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers win support
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers, fighting for reinstatement on their original terms and conditions, had a successful day of campaigning yesterday for their...
UNIONS MUST JOIN ACTION! say Defend Chase Farm NHS fighters
‘SAY “No’’ to this sham consultation!’, shouted dozens of angry local residents fighting to save Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, as they demonstrated outside...
7th week on strike for Greek admin workers
ADMINISTRATION workers at eight Greek universities are continuing their strike for the seventh consecutive week against the government’s plan to sack some 1,500 of...
‘INDUSTRIAL SCALE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY’ by Murdoch press – says Charlotte Church
MURDOCH'S News Group Newspapers (NGN) ‘are not truly sorry, only sorry they got caught,’ Charlotte Church insisted in a devastating statement outside the High...
Six Palestinian Activists Win Legal Action – Finally Leave Jail After 547 Days Of...
FAMILIES of six Palestine Action activists have said the jury’s verdict marked a ‘monumental victory’, after their relatives were cleared at Woolwich Crown Court...
RMT’s Crow condemns Miliband’s ELECTORAL SUICIDE!
LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has defended his party’s decision to support the government’s pay cuts for public sector workers, and to continue with Tory...
Hunt in charge of health & social care
HEALTH secretary Hunt was yesterday promoted by PM May with social care being added to his portfolio. The decision will infuriate health workers and...
NATIONALISE VESTAS! –demand the 25 occupying workers
Workers who have been occupying the Vestas turbine blade plant on the Isle of Wight for fourteen days over plans to cut 625 jobs...
Sky News Boss Admits Illegal Hacking
Sky News boss John Ryley admitted to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday that the company broke the law by hacking emails. Following the admission Ofcom announced...
Intensive care beds crisis 440 emergency operations cancelled
EMERGENCY operations are being cancelled putting hundreds of critically ill patients in danger as hospitals run out of intensive care beds, official figures have...
‘We Will Defeat The Health Bill!’
DELEGATES passed motion 51 on ‘Southern Cross and the Care Sector’ yesterday morning at the TUC. It called for ‘robust regulation’, ‘all care homes to...
‘THE EXISTENCE OF THE CWU IS AT STAKE’ – CWU calls national ballot for...
CWU leaders Billy Hayes and Dave Ward announced the timetable for a national postal strike ballot to a meeting of 500 Communication Workers Union...
Doctors – No Confidence In Blair
the disastrous introduction of a ‘fatally flawed’ new recruitment system for junior doctors could haunt the NHS for years to come, the BMA has...
Get out of the EU now! – RMT’s Cash tells May Day rally
‘GET OUT of the EU now,’ RMT general secretary Mick Cash told the May Day rally in Trafalgar Square at the end of the...
Global protests over assassination of Gaza journalists!
ISRAEL’s continued assault on Gaza has killed at least 89 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, including 31 people seeking aid, and injured 513...
MAY HAS UNDERMINED BREXIT says ex-Brexit Under Secretary Steve Baker
EX-BREXIT Under Secretary of State Steve Baker, who resigned along with Brexit Secretary David Davis, told The Sunday Telegraph that Prime Minister May had...
London’s Postal Workers Out Tomorrow
More than ten thousand postal workers in all areas of deliveries, collections and processing across London will take industrial action for 24 hours starting...
Heathrow Conflict Is Set To Widen
New British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh, who takes up his post this weekend, plans to sack 6,000 out of BA’s 46,000-strong workforce, starting...
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...
CUT FARES NOT STAFF! – demand protesters outside stations across UK
PASSENGERS protesting against rail fare increases of 3.5 per cent, many of whom were also demanding the urgent renationalisation of the railways, were joined...
St Thomas’-Barts march to Trafalgar Sq
OVER 300 NHS workers and their supporters from Barts’ and St Thomas’ Hospitals marched from St Thomas’ to Trafalgar Square. Unite had called a 2-day...
Death by a thousand cuts! – teachers union leaders warning
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...
Starmer Calls For A Ban On Russia Today
‘WE MUST do more to defeat Putin’s campaign of lies and disinformation,’ Labour leader Keir Starmer told the House of Commons yesterday at PMQs. ‘Russia...
Hands Off Our Pensions! National Fire Strike Today
FIREFIGHTERS are on strike in defence of their pensions from 12noon until 4.00pm today with pickets outside fire stations and mass demonstrations in towns...
Verdict A ‘massive Blow’ At Bedroom Tax!
THE Tory government’s flagship Bedroom Tax was delivered a ‘massive blow’ yesterday when Court of Appeal judges declared it to be ‘discriminatory’. The judges’...
‘SUSPEND YOUR IMPOSITION AND THE STRIKE WILL BE OFF’ – Woodley pledges to BA’s...
‘Suspend – not stop indefinitely – suspend your imposition. This strike will be off,’ Unite transport union leader Tony Woodley pledged yesterday. He was speaking...
Seven children killed seeking water!
SEVEN Palestinian children were killed yesterday in an Israeli strike while attempting to find drinking water in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza – the area...
Tuc Is Supporting Tube & Ambulance Workers Strike Action!
THE TUC Congress yesterday passed Emergency Motions against the Lobbying Bill, and against the attack on the right to strike of London...
Nurses Union Slams Low Pay Plan!
THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday warned that local pay will harm patient care. It did so as it slammed the plan by 20...
Greek Slump – Consumption Falls By 16.6%
THE Greek economy fell further into deep recession in the first quarter of the year, according to the Greek Statistics Authority (EL.STAT.) who announced...