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Health workers demonstrating against cuts outside Kingston Hospital in March this year

£1bn NHS underspend

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Public sector union UNISON yesterday called for a ‘fresh start’ in response to a forecasted £983m surplus in the NHS. Mike Jackson, Senior National Officer...

‘WEST PLAYING POLITICS WITH AID’ says Hamas as Bush threatens Iran war

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Hamas yesterday accused the West of playing politics with Palestinian aid after the US and EU resumed assistance to the Abbas appointed emergency government...

BRITISH STEEL SEEKING £100m LOAN

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BRITISH Steel is seeking a £100m loan from the government in order to meet an EU emission rules attack. Previously, the company could have used...
Demonstrators outside Downing Street on May 31 demand an end to the siege of Gaza

New Freedom Flotilla Being Prepared

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A new flotilla to break the siege on Gaza is being prepared in Lebanon. It includes an all-woman vessel, named the Mariam, organised by Samar...

Tories Forced Back On Ealing & Charing Cross NHS Cuts

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The TORY government has been forced to back down over its hated ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ (SaHF) NHS cuts and closure programme in north...

Iran Condemns Praise For Netanyahu At US Congress

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IRAN'S President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has criticised the repeated applause from US lawmakers for the Israeli Prime Minister during his address to Congress, asserting that...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers’ picket line yesterday

Mass Picket A Great Success

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‘We want our jobs back! No to the Compromise Agreement! Kick out Gate Gourmet!’ shouted 150 locked out Gate Gourmet workers and supporters...

Victory To Ambulance Strikers!

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STRIKING Paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants, call handlers and other ambulance staff across the country who are on strike again in England and Wales today,...

Corbyn tables motion of no confidence

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PM MAY’S EU deal was rejected by the House of Commons yesterday evening by 432 to 202 votes. The PM in a statement after the...
Campaigning in Hounslow town centre for their mass picket and conference

Strong Picket Line At Gate Gourmet

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THERE were more than 20 locked out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line yesterday fighting for reinstatement on their original terms and conditions. The...
Demonstration in Southall in July 2015 to stop the closure of the Maternity Department at Ealing Hospital – maternity closures have contributed to greater numbers of mothers and babies dying during childbirth

Lack of staff contributed to baby deaths

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LACK of midwives and the closure of maternity units have resulted in more babies suffering from brain damage, dying during childbirth, or dying soon...

Tory Party civil war escalates! – Sunak and Johnson trade insults

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THE TORY Party civil war was ratcheted up yesterday as PM Rishi Sunak accused his predecessor Boris Johnson of asking him to overrule a...

Greek workers fighting while Russia & China queue up to buy!

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THE Greek National Federation of Railworkers (POS) has expressed its ‘disappointment’ at the government’s intention to privatise TRAINOSE (Greek Railways). In a statement issued on...

Hamas denounces silence over Israeli raid on al-Shifa hospital!

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THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced the international community over its ‘shameful silence’ on the Israeli military’s raid against Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital where...
On November 30 workers made it clear they wanted their pensions defended – now some trade union leaders want to abandon that struggle

Stop Barber-Prentis Pensions Sell-Out

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AT last Thursday’s meeting of the TUC’s Public Service Liaison Group, TUC leader Brendan Barber urged trade unions to capitulate and sign up...

60 Years Since The ‘Catastrophe’

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On the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) last Thursday, agriculture minister Dr Mohammed Al-Agha strongly criticised international institutions for not...
WRP candidate JONTY LEFF (right) talking to students at Hackney Community College who were all determined to fight against the cuts to their college and get rid of all university fees

Hackney students support WRP’s Leff

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STUDENTS at Hackney Community College in Shoreditch, east London joined the campaign yesterday to elect Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch...

Israeli warships approach the Gaza-bound flotilla!

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AS THE the Global Sumud Flotilla neared the Gaza coast yesterday an Israeli warship approached the leading Alma vessel, causing a disruption in communications...

Israel targets medics and aid workers – new videos show

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Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order to medical staff at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, one of the last remaining hospitals in the...
Business Secretary Mandelson with a manager at GM Luton  – he is now presiding over a shutdown of industry

Gas and grit rationing!

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GAS for industry and grit for the roads were being rationed yesterday as British industry began to shut down. Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port, Jaguar Land Rover,...

Child benefit savage cuts

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STRUGGLING families are losing out on hundreds of pounds a year as a result of changes to child benefit over the past decade, said...

Nationalise Vestas Now!

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Workers who have been occupying Vestas Wind Systems wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight since 20th July, against its closure and...

MIRROR PENSIONS SHOCK! – staff told by email

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The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the Trinity Mirror publishing group for announcing the closure of its final salary pension scheme – and...

HALTING ISRAELI AGGRESSION OUR TOP PRIORITY – Palestinian Presidency

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IN RESPONSE to reports of Israeli plans regarding post-war Gaza, the Presidency of the State of Palestine firmly reiterated yesterday its clear stance, emphasising...

Al-Araqib Village Stormed By Israeli Police

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Israeli police on Tuesday stormed a Bedouin village that was completely razed in July, levelling efforts to rebuild homes for the third time in...
Angry junior doctors lobbying Parliament on Tuesday against the government’s NHS ‘reforms’

RESIGN NOW HEWITT! – demand junior doctors

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‘The appropriate thing for Patricia Hewitt to do, would be to resign now,’ said furious junior doctors yesterday after their personal details were made...
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary protest – one of the thousands of demonstrations against the cuts in the NHS

‘Patients dying prematurely’ DOCTORS TELL MAY SHE HAS FAILED THE NHS!

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SENIOR doctors in charge of more than 60 hospital emergency departments have written to the prime minister warning of ‘very serious concerns’ about patient...

Assange to be Extradited!

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THE HIGH Court ruled yesterday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, where he faces a sentence...

Tories Moving To Dump Truss!

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YESTERDAY, PM Truss was fighting for her political life against a Tory faction that is determined to ditch her as soon as possible, if...
A strong and confident picket line at the Brockley Delivery Office yesterday morning

‘OUR LEADERS MUST LEAD’ – demand London postal workers

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LONDON postal workers took 24-hour strike action yesterday, with pickets across the capital demanding that the action is stepped up and that the union...

‘PENSIONS DEBACLE’ IS CONDEMNED – NASUWT refuses to sign deal

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The National Executive of the teacher’s union NASUWT, yesterday refused to sign up to the government’s ‘Heads of Agreement’ pensions plan. The NEC had met...

Palestinian PM Shtayyeh calls for international action now! – Hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawwash...

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PALESTINIAN Premier Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday called for international intervention to secure the release of a dying hunger-striking prisoner. He told the weekly cabinet session in...
The WRP and YS contingent on yesterday’s May Day march in London

‘Murderous Nato Are Child Killers’

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WRP general secretary Frank Sweeney yesterday condemned the ‘attempt of the NATO gangsters to murder the Libyan leadership headed by Colonel Gadaffi.’ He called them...

Bandit capitalism goes bust

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THE UNITE trade union is demanding an urgent meeting with Ernst & Young, Interserve’s administrators, after Friday’s announcement that the company is being forced...
Determined striking lecturers on their picket line outside Tower Hamlets College yesterday

Tower Hamlets Day Of Action Called

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Striking lecturers at Tower Hamlets College in East London yesterday called on other trade unions and colleges to join their Day of Action next...

Markets Dive

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FOLOWING last Friday’s booting of the USA off its top-tier AAA credit rating, there were big falls in the world’s money markets yesterday. The...

FBU Agrees To Limit Pickets

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The Fire Brigades Union yesterday gave an undertaking in the High Court not to hinder or intimidate emergency crews provided by private company AssetCo...

Winter A&E Crisis Now All Year Round

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THE Royal College of Emergency Medicine yesterday welcomed the findings of the report into the pressures facing emergency departments throughout the winter. The report finds...

NO LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN! – until Covid infections fall to less than 1,000 a...

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TORY PM Johnson must wait until there are fewer than 1,000 Covid infections a day before lifting lockdown, NHS bosses and scientists have warned. The...

UN votes in favour of Palestinian statehood

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THE UNITED Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed resolution on Palestine statehood on Tuesday, with 172 countries voting in favour of the resolution. The resolution affirmed...
CWU pickets in Luton yesterday morning

PCS Offers ‘full Support’ To Royal Mail Strikers!

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THE PCS General Secretary and National President sent a message of solidarity to striking CWU members in the Royal Mail yesterday. Their message, to CWU...

Richards Call For Libya Shock And Awe Campaign

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UK Chief of General Staff, General Sir David Richards has called for an easing of restrictions on NATO targets to allow the bombing of...

St Thomas’-Barts march to Trafalgar Sq

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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...
Locked out Gate Gourmet workers lobbying the TUC on Monday demanding action to win their jobs back seen here speaking to GMB general secretary PAUL KENNY

NURSES TAKE LABOUR TO COURT! –to stop the privatisation of NHS Primary Care Services

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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday began a legal challenge to government plans to privatise the NHS by abolishing the role of Primary...