Stock Market Panic!
AS panic gripped investors on the world’s stock markets, it emerged yesterday that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment company has sold more than 245...
97.3% VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION! –at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital
porters, theatre technicians, catering, cleaning and other NHS support workers, employed by private contractor Carillion at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, have voted by...
Met Police accused of ‘institutional corruption’ – over murder of Daniel Morgan
AN independent panel has accused the Metropolitan Police of ‘a form of institutional corruption’ for concealing or denying failings over the unsolved murder of...
Arrest of 2,000 Palestine Action supporters challenged in Court!
THE co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, will begin a legal challenge against proscription of the group as a ‘terrorist’ organisation before London’s High...
May Launches Tory Police State
TORY Home Secretary May’s plans to ban democratic rights, that she proposed to the Tory party conference yesterday, was condemned as ‘worthy of a...
Heads Denounce Ofsted ‘Bully Boys’
Head teachers yesterday denounced Ofsted’s ‘bully boy tactics’ and sent a strong message to the chief inspector (HMCI) of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, in...
Queen’s Speech Attack On Democratic Rights!
TORY class war legislation to be brought in for use against the working class over the coming year was unveiled in the Queen’s Speech...
CONFIDENCE IS EVAPORATING! – say the CBI bosses
THE UK economy is ‘in a bad place, with confidence evaporating’, the head of the UK’s biggest employers’ organisation has warned. John Cridland, director general...
Barristers Are On Indefinite Strike!
HUNDREDS of barristers demonstrated outside courts in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London and Manchester yesterday, on the second day of their indefinite strike. Over 100...
UNLAWFUL! Law lords condemn Clarke’s terror plans
Home Secretary Clarke’s plans to give police powers to hold people for 90 days without charge has been condemned as ‘unlawful’ by Law Lord,...
Israel Steps Up Terror Raids
The Israel military yesterday continued its terror attacks on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This followed a declaration by Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud...
Unison Condemns NHS ‘Health Rationing’
Britain’s biggest public sector union, UNISON yesterday condemned the decision of three Suffolk Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to deny operations to overweight patients. ‘It’s against...
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...
CAMPSFIELD DETAINEE BEATEN’ – and dragged from his cell
Detainees at Campsfield immigration detention and removal centre near Oxford rose up yesterday morning after an African detainee was beaten and dragged out of...
SA takes Israel to the ICJ!
SOUTH AFRICA in an 84-page suit filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 29th, asked the top court to...
Palestine erupts! As Pence says US embassy to open in Jerusalem next year!
THE US ‘will open its embassy in Jerusalem next year’, US Vice-President Mike Pence said addressing the Israeli parliament (Knesset) yesterday. His announcement...
‘You Have Right To Refuse To Work!’ – Aslef Advises Members
As London Underground ramps up services today, ASLEF has advised members of their right to refuse to work in circumstances where they are at...
Starving Palestinians storm US-Israeli GHF ‘aid’ centre
The first day of the Israeli-US ‘aid’ distribution mechanism in Gaza ended in abject failure yesterday. The ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ (GHF) distribution centre in Rafah...
‘This is a fight we have to win’ says UCU
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...
Chagos Islanders ‘Cannot Return’
FORMER residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago have lost their legal challenge to...
LOCKED IN FLOODED CELLS! – Harmondsworth inquiry demand
On Monday, 23 June, the High Court will respond to a Liberty demand for an independent investigation into the treatment of detainees at Harmondsworth...
SA miners strike spreads –as murder charges provisionally dropped
SOUTH AFRICAN prosecutors yesterday ‘provisionally’ dropped murder charges against 270 miners, 34 of whose colleagues were shot dead by police last month. Many of the...
Israel using winter cold as a weapon against Palestinians
ISRAEL is using winter cold as an additional weapon to inflict suffering on Palestinians in Gaza, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said yesterday. It warned...
Junior Doctors Still Demanding 35%
RESPONDING to yesterday’s recommendation from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) and the government’s acceptance of that recommendation, the BMA says...
Strike-Breaking Regulations Ruled Illegal By High Court
MICK Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union has spoken out after the Tory government suffered a major defeat in the High...
BMA Council votes to call special conference
The following motion was passed by a large majority at the BMA (British Medical Association) Council meeting in London yesterday. ‘This meeting recognises that legislation...
US Jobless Crisis!
THE US Federal Reserve has further scaled back its Quantatitive Easing programme of free money for the US banks by another $10bn to $65bn...
Johnson squirms over ‘surrender’ to the ‘Surrender Act!’
Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to deliver a squirming account of his failure to take the UK out of the EU on...
‘Don’t blame me’–if ‘Remain’ loses says Corbyn!
ASKED if he would take the blame if Britain votes to leave the EU tomorrow, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn replied: ‘I’m not going...
IMPOSSIBLE! – NUT condemns Kelly plan to close ‘failing’ schools after one year
THE National Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday accused Education Secretary Ruth Kelly of trying to impose ‘impossible’ targets on state schools that would lead...
Cameron ‘Bounty Hunters’ Condemned!
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) yesterday condemned the coalition government’s decision to use ‘bounty hunters’ to tackle alleged benefit fraud. The charity was commenting...
Johnson cannot rule out Xmas lockdown!
THE TORY government ‘can’t make hard, fast guarantees’ that there will not be a Christmas lockdown, Deputy PM Dominic Raab said yesterday. The cabinet met...
‘SHOCKING VIOLENCE’ – against firefighters
THREE members of the Fire Brigades Union were hit and hurt by speeding vehicles driven by strikebreakers on Monday. A statement by the FBU said...
Stop Gate Gourmet Sell-Out!
WE want the TUC to give us the support that they voted for at their TUC Congress. ‘They must help us to win our jobs...
‘Trump Wants Coup’– Maduro
PRESIDENT Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of Venezuela’s embassy and consulates in the US after Washington threw its weight behind opposition leader...
Aslef Driver Only Strike Ballot
TRAIN drivers in the ASLEF union are to join their RMT colleagues in an escalating struggle against Driver Only Operated (DOO) on Southern...
‘STOP ISRAELI AGGRESSION!’ – Abbas urges the UN
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called on the UN Security Council to immediately stop the aggression against the Palestinian people, provide them with urgent international...
LABOUR’S POLICIES ‘MAD’ – GPs leader meldrum threatens action over pensions
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association’s GPs Committee yesterday warned Labour not to marginalise family doctors. He was referring to Practice Based...
CAMERON COVERS UP! – as Hunt hands over his e-mails
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday said he will hand over private e-mails to his special adviser about the BSkyB takeover bid to the Leveson...
Unite ‘reassures members’ over NHS pay claim!
UNITE national officer for health Sarah Carpenter said yesterday: ‘A story appeared in The Guardian today (Friday 9 March) about an impending pay deal...
Firefighters strike tonight!
AHEAD of today’s and tomorrow’s four-hour national fire strikes in England and Wales, leading firefighters told News Line they want general strike action across...
Dr Bawa-Garba wins her appeal!
DOCTOR Hadiza Bawa-Garba, who was struck of the medical register, and not allowed to treat patients ever again, has won her appeal, reversing the...
‘Chagos Two’ being held on rendition Island
‘We call on all trade unionists and anti-war campaigners to support this good cause, Chagos Islands Community Association chairwoman, Hengride Permal, said yesterday. ‘We need...
Circle to take £2m profit! –as it cuts and slashes Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Public sector union Unison yesterday said that some of its worst fears are coming true over NHS privatisation. This came after it was revealed that...
Slump Grips UK
Britain is falling deeper into slump, official figures revealed yesterday. The UK economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the first three months of this...












