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BUDGET DAY STRIKE VOTE! – PCS votes 61% in favour

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CIVIL Servants have voted by a massive 61% majority in favour of strike action in their fight for a pay rise of £1,200, or...
Young Socialists lobbied the TUC last year and were told that the TUC General Council were still discussing the practicalities of a general strike. They are marching to the TUC Congress in Liverpool from London starting on Tuesday August 19, this time the

Tuc Congress Must Call General Strike!

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‘TODAY’S huge strike of public sector workers expresses the great anger felt throughout the working class at the huge austerity cuts, including pay cuts,...

‘BACK TO THE DAYS BEFORE THE NHS’ – Consultants leader slams the Health Bill

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‘Very deliberately the government wishes to turn back the clock to the 1930s and 1940s, when there were private, charitable and co-operative providers of...
Sue Tobin, Kaniz Malik, Sue’s daughter Danielle and Kaniz’s grandson Aslam

Defend Ealing Maternity

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SOUTHALL families are unanimous that Ealing Hospital maternity and A&E departments must not close. Over the weekend, scores of tickets for tomorrow night’s meeting to...
Part of the mass picket at London Met University yesterday midday – see feature in tomorrow’s News Line

London Met Mass Picket

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BOSSES of London Met University were yesterday accused of acting like ‘19th century mill owners’ at a rally outside the Holloway Road campus in...

Thousands of teachers lobby today

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THOUSANDS of angry teachers, lecturers and support staff are lobbying Parliament today against the Tory-LibDem Coalition Government’s onslaught on their pensions. The unprecedented joint action...

NHS winter crisis is ahead warns Dr Boyle

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SPEAKING ahead of the three-day strike of tens of thousands of NHS Junior Doctors which begins at 7am on Wednesday morning, the leader of...

Weak Osborne declares ‘We are not powerless’ – as he demands EU Monetary Union

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Chancellor Osborne and Bank of England Governor King announced a massive £140bn emergency stimulus package for ailing British capitalism on Thursday night. Both were speaking...

‘UNAFFORDABLE!’ £718–average monthly rent in England & Wales

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‘AVERAGE private rents are unaffordable for ordinary working families in over half (55%) of local authorities in England,’ Shelter the housing charity said yesterday....

Luton Angry Over Gm Threat To Jobs

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General Motors yesterday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, in a plan that seeks to allow the US auto giant to...

Duncan Smith Condemns The May EU Elections!

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FORMER Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith called for Prime Minister Theresa May to quit before the European elections in May. Appearing on Sky’s Sophy...

RISE UP! Imran Khan urges students

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‘My whole thing is that the students must rise up today,’ said Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan yesterday. Khan emerged to give a brief news...

100 TORY MPs READY TO REBEL

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THE TORY civil war is continuing with reports yesterday that as many as 100 Tory MPs are preparing to rebel against PM...
Trade unionists from the RMT, TSSA, Unison and the GMB joined the FBU picket line outside Euston fire station on September 25

Firefighters To Strike Again Over Pensions

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FIREFIGHTERS in England and Wales will strike again over government attacks on pensions next Saturday, 19 October, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced on...
‘Property is theft’ banner amidst thousands of protesters outside the Bank of England

BANK OF ENGLAND BLOCKADED! – by tens of thousands of youth

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TENS of thousands of people demonstrated from mid-day yesterday outside the Bank of England against bankers,capitalism and the G20 summit. They...

8th GAZA BABY DIES OF COLD

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AN EIGHTH baby died of hypothermia due to a lack of shelters as temperatures plummeted amid Israeli military attacks on Gaza yesterday. The father of...

27,100 REPOSSESSIONS IN 2007 – says Council of Mortgage Lenders

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The number of people in the UK whose homes were repossessed last year rose by 21 per cent, to 27,100, compared to 22,400 in...

MACRON OUT! – demands 287,000 workers

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MORE than 287,000 people attended marches and clashed with police across France again on Saturday, wearing yellow vests to oppose tax rises on fuel...
Manchester ambulance workers came to London yesterday determined to defeat plans to privatise the service

Stop privatisation of ambulance service! – demand Manchester ambulance workers

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ONE HUNDRED ambulance workers and supporters from Manchester descended on parliament yesterday to demonstrate against the transfer of the patient transport service (PTS) from...

Tories announce £330bn bailout for big business

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TORY Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday unveiled a multi-billion bailout for big businesses in light of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking at the daily press conference Sunak...
Teachers, pupils and parents are occupying Wembley partk Sports Ground to stop the building of a planned private City Academyround

Nut To Support Brent Occupation

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At the union’s annual conference in Harrogate today, the National Union of Teachers National Executive will propose an amendment ‘congratulating (area) divisions’, who have...

More than 30 Labour MPs oppose Starmer’s assault on benefits – 4.5 million...

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KEIR Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing the most significant internal revolt since taking office, as more than 30 Labour backbenchers prepare to oppose...

Time to disband scandal ridden Met police force

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DAME Cressida Dick ‘felt intimidated’ into stepping down as Metropolitan Police Commissioner after an ultimatum from London Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, according to a...

Assad Forces Go On The Offensive

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SYRIAN government troops late on Sunday repulsed an attack by an armed gang on a police school in the northern city of Aleppo. This came...

‘Flawed algorithm’ throws unemployed to the wolves

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UNIVERSAL CREDIT claimants have been thrown into destitution, poverty, homelessness and starvation as a direct result of a ‘flawed algorithm’ a damning new welfare...

Renault Told: Pay Compensation Or Else!

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Workers at New Fabris, a bankrupt French car parts supplier, are ready to blow up their factory unless carmakers Renault and PSA-Peugeot pay them...

TUC outlines conditions for a safer reopening of schools!

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THE TUC on Friday published a joint statement that was sent yesterday evening to the Secretary of State for Education, on behalf of unions...

Trust Boss Quits Over Dangerous Targets

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The British Medical Association yesterday repeated concerns about government targets that ‘compromise patient safety’, in the wake of the resignation of United Lincolnshire Hospitals...
Unite members were at the lobby in force

10,000 Lobby Against The Cuts!

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UP TO 10,000 workers and youth supported the TUC lobby of Parliament yesterday. Many told News Line that they want trade union action to put...
Gambians told News Line there were still 80 people on death row in their country awaiting execution by order of the President

Gambians March On Downing Street

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OVER 200 Gambians and supporters marched from Parliament to the Commonwealth Headquarters in Pall Mall calling for the ousting of President Alhaji JJJ Jerehmeh...

GAZA WILL BE PART OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE – says President Abbas’ spokesman

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IN response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s so-called day-after plan for Gaza, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that: ‘Gaza...

20,000 wounded still trapped in Gaza Strip

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OVER 20,000 wounded Palestinian people are still trapped in the Gaza Strip with ‘limited access to healthcare’, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF), despite...

EUROSTAR NIGHTMARE CONTINUES! – passengers told to stay away

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Eurotunnel closed its shuttle car service to new arrivals yesterday, saying it was at ‘saturation point’, as travellers struggled to find alternative ways of...

Uni Strike Suspension Condemned!

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THE SUSPENSION of national strike action across 150 universities by the UCU lecturers union was condemned by a leading London member of the union...

‘NO CUT PRICE SACKINGS’ – PCS massive strike action

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‘Over 250,000 of our members have turned out on strike today, the biggest strike in the civil service since 1987,’ PCS General Secretary...

South African variant spreading across UK

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THE SOUTH African variant has begun to spread across the UK, the Tories confirmed yesterday. Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the 5.00pm briefing: ‘We...
An optimistic and enthusiatic picket line at Chase Farm Hospital yesterday morning

‘we Have To Keep Chase Farm Open’

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‘WE are having a good response to our picket today,’ North-East London Council of Action Secretary Bill Rogers told News Line at Chase...
Lecturers, university staff and students on the picket line outside Queen Mary University in East London during their last strike on October 31

Nationwide University Strike Today!

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UNIVERSITY and college workers are holding the most widespread strike action in Higher and Further Education (HE & FE) for years. Staff in universities have...

Prison staff at breaking point

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‘WE NEED a general strike before this government dismantles everything. The trade union movement must stand up as one. There is a breaking point...
Migrant workers in the front of the May Day march in London – defending their jobs and wages

HOUSING CRISIS LOOMS –as FTSE100 falls to 4,800

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A MEMBER of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) admitted yesterday that he is having sleepless nights, worrying about the state of...

EXTRADITION HALTED! ‘A victory for Julian’ – Stella Moris addresses Assange supporters outside Old...

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‘TODAY is a victory for Julian! Today’s victory is the first step towards justice in this case,’ Stella Moris, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fiancee...
Rose Gentle at the Military Families Against the War Camp opposite Downing Street, yesterday with a letter demanding Blair meet the families

Mothers Camp Outside Downing Street

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The mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq, along with mothers of serving soldiers, are camping outside Downing Street this weekend. Rose Gentle, whose 19-year-old son...
ERT TV station workers who have won their jobs back are saying that they will throw out the whole austerity programme

‘Down With Left Austerity’

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TENS of thousands of workers, youth, students and professionals demonstrated on May Day in over 80 Greek cities and towns. In all marches, the...
Grenfell firefighters form a Guard of Honour for the silent march – the community supports them 100 per cent

Grenfell Tower ‘a highly combustible deathtrap’ – –Seaward representing FBU tells inquiry

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) gave evidence on Day 11 of the Grenfell Inquiry, answering media slurs at...