‘Get ready for a General Election’ says Corbyn

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‘TODAY we put ourselves on notice. Labour is preparing for a general election in 2017,’ said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn concluding his hour-long speech...

Police Want Internment Without Trial

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HUMAN rights groups yesterday condemned a call from UK police chiefs for indefinite detention without charge or trial. Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) president...

Exercise Cygnus exposed! Tories were asked to simulate turning off all UK ventilators

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A CROSS Party ‘pandemic simulation’ carried out just three years before Covid-19 struck ‘played-out’ a scenario in which the health minister was asked to...

3.7m FAMILIES ARE JOBLESS!

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THE UK economy will contract by 0.7 per cent this year, the OECD said yesterday, in a sharply revised prediction from that made in...
MARIA OTONE DE MENEZES, mother of Jean Charles addressing the packed London meeting on Monday night

‘THIS IS A LIE’ – Iran condemns Blair weapons allegations

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PRIME Minister Blair yesterday repeated allegations that Iran had a hand in the deaths of British troops in Iraq. Speaking at a joint press conference...

No more wage cuts, pay up now! – demand striking resident doctors

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TENS of thousands of Resident Doctors began six more days of strike action yesterday, determined to defeat attacks on their pay and on the...

TUC appeals to the bosses to avoid issuing ‘Work Notices!’ – will not call...

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‘UNIONS are not going to lie down’, assured TUC Assistant General Secretary Kate Bell yesterday. She was addressing a press conference at Congress House ahead...
Mass stop and search of youth on the street in west London – May’s proposed powers would drive Britain towards a police-military dictatorship

May Launches Tory Police State

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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...

‘Shoot-to-kill’–law change!

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PRIME Minister Cameron has ordered a review into the use of guns by police in England and Wales following the Paris terrorist attacks. The review...

BBC is urged to reinstate documentary on Palestine

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FIVE hundred professionals from the film, television, and media industries, including Gary Lineker, Ruth Negga, Juliet Stevenson, and Miriam Margolyes, have urged the BBC...
Junior doctors demonstrating three days before their last strike which won mass support

‘Escalate strike action! End the imposition’ says Junior Doctors Committee

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‘THE Junior Doctors Committee has made clear the decision that further industrial action is inevitable and that we will consider escalating any action to...
Over 40,000 Greek workers rally in Athens demanding of their government ‘Not one step backwards’

‘NOT ONE STEP BACKWARDS!’ – Greek workers demand of Syriza

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OVER 40,000 Greek workers, many with their families, shop-keepers, professional people and youth rallied at the central Athens Vouli (Greek parliament) square calling on...

Met Police accused of ‘institutional corruption’ – over murder of Daniel Morgan

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AN independent panel has accused the Metropolitan Police of ‘a form of institutional corruption’ for concealing or denying failings over the unsolved murder of...
Pickets outside passport office in Victoria, central London, yesterday on the first day of their three-day strike

Civil Servants Start 3 Day Strike

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CIVIL servants picketing the London Identity and Passport Service Office (IPS) by Victoria Station, in London, had run out of leaflets yesterday, such was...

Cwu-Royal Mail Partnership Challenged

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CWU representatives yesterday concluded a two day briefing in Bournemouth on the Business Transformation 2010 agreement reached between the CWU executive and Royal Mail. On...

Charge cop who killed Chris Kaba ‘without delay’ – parents demand one year on

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PARENTS of Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by police in south London a year ago today, said yesterday that they need to hear...

TEF ‘NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE’

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THE DEEPLY unpopular Teaching Excellence Frame (Tef) work is failing students, hated by lecturers and not fit for purpose concludes a report released today...
Students gathered in their thousands in Trafalgar Square at midday yesterday and many took up their positions on Nelson’s Column

25,000 YOUTH IN WHITEHALL – as LibDem Cable buckles

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Students demonstrated and marched in towns and cities across Britain yesterday in the third day of protests against tuition fees, university cuts and the...
Heavily armed Greek anti-terrorist units confronted residents in the small coastal town of Ierissos – cr. Left.gr

Anti-terror units attack town!

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SQUADS of the Greek anti-terrorist units and riot police armed with automatic weapons, early on Thursday morning occupied the small coastal town of Ierissos...
Doctors and medical professionals on the NHS march in February demanding that they are registered to work in the NHS where they are desperately needed

Home Office: ‘obscene moneymaking machine’

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IN LIGHT of the Windrush scandal, ‘obscene’ Home Office fees have been slammed by campaigners who brand the Home Office as ‘a money-making machine’...

128,000 children homeless this Christmas – says Shelter

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THE FACT that 128,000 children in Britain will wake up homeless and in temporary accommodation this Christmas Day is a ‘national scandal’, the leader...

MPs CALL TO REJECT ID CARDS BILL

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MPs yesterday raised questions about the ID card Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons by Home Secretary Charles Clarke. Clarke said he...

38% increase in A&E waiting times – caused by government staff cuts

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A KING’S Fund report has warned that government cuts and staff shortages led to a 38 per cent increase in A&E waiting times in...

Iran coastline will become ‘a hell’ for any invading forces

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‘ANY attempt by foreign forces to land on Iran’s shores will be met with overwhelming resistance,’ Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination...

ASLEF & RMT TO STRIKE ON WED 1st FEBRUARY ALONG WITH CIVIL SERVANTS &...

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ASLEF and RMT railway workers are to strike on Wednesday 1st February, joining 100,000 PCS civil servants, 100,000 NEU teachers and tens of thousands...
Marchers in Nottingham last September demanding no cuts to NHS services

Barnsley Nurses Strike!

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Forty-five striking Operating Department Practitioners and theatre nurses were joined by other staff at lunchtime yesterday outside Barnsley Hospital. The Barnsley nurses, members of the...

‘Netanyahu and his government are not willing to make a ceasefire agreement!’ says Hamas

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‘EVERYONE understands that (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu and his government are not willing to reach a ceasefire deal,’ Hamas warned yesterday. The Hamas Palestine liberation...

Prevention rather than cure! – Tories unveil 10-year plan to smash NHS

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‘THE NHS long term plan is as much about prevention, and early diagnosis, as treatment and recovery,’ PM May said speaking on The Andrew...

Defiant workers May Day march to Trafalgar Square

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OVER 5,000 workers, students and youth marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square in central London for May Day yesterday. There were scores of red...
Firefighters lobbied the London Fire Authority showing their determination to defend the fire service against the most vicious attacks ever

Defend The Fire Service

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ON Monday 25 February the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will be holding a budget meeting at 10.00am at City Hall, at which his...
MARIA OTONE DE MENEZES (right) holds a picture of her son Jean Charles de Menezes on the United  Friends and Families Campaign demonstration on October 25

Police Killers ‘Out Of Control’

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Firearms and surveillance officers hunting down Jean Charles de Menezes were ‘out of control’ when he was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station, a...
The South-East London Council of Action marching to defend council tenants on the threatened Heygate Estate, Elephant and Castle

Labour May End Secure Tenancies – Attack On Council Housing Condemned By Ucatt And...

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CONSTRUCTION union UCATT has labelled proposals by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), to end secure tenancies and all other current council tenancies in...
Official TSSA picket at Rayners Lane yesterday where it was pointed out that the safety of passengers was the big issue

XMAS TRUCE ON THE TUBE – offer by TSSA & RMT

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A CHRISTMAS truce in the Tube dispute was offered today as millions of travellers faced another day of strike action. Speaking at...
In Dusseldorf yesterday morning two locked-out Gate Gourmet workers from London were welcomed at a mass picket by striking local Gate Gourmet workers

‘SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH!’ – Nurses reject Brown’s 2% pay offer

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Angry nurses are ready to refuse to do unpaid overtime if they don’t get a pay rise of at least three per cent, the...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers outside Hillingdon TGWU office on Friday insisting that their dispute is still on and that they need their hardship pay

Gmb Shop Stewards Decide On Strike Action Ballot At Asda

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The GMB trade union shop stewards at a meeting yesterday in Manchester voted unanimously to ballot for a national strike in Asda Wal-Mart. The GMB...

Whipps X Strike

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Ancillary workers at Whipps Cross Hospital north London were yesterday organising for three days of strike action from today in a dispute over equal...

BAME PPE crisis is continuing!

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BLACK, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) nursing staff are still more likely to have problems accessing protective equipment, according to latest UK-wide member survey...

MPs MOVE TO DUMP PRESCOTT

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Ministers rushed to attempt a papering over of the yawning cracks in the Blair government yesterday as pressure built up on Deputy Prime Minister...

Hague plans ‘English Veto’

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PROPOSALS for English Laws for an English parliament were set out yesterday by Tory cabinet member William Hague, Leader of the House of...
‘Bloody Sunday’ mural on a wall in Derry

UNARMED VICTIMS SHOT DEAD ON BLOODY SUNDAY – finds Saville

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‘The immediate responsibility for the deaths and injuries on Bloody Sunday lies with those members of Support Company whose unjustifiable firing was the cause...

Bank cuts rate to 4.25% – its second cut this year

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THE BANK of England has reduced interest rates to 4.25 per cent, marking its second cut this year, as it warned that escalating global...
March in Ealing on April 26 against the closure of the Ealing, Charing Cross, Hammersmith and Central Middlesex hospitals

STOP NHS STAFF CUTS – says Safe Staffing Alliance

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SENIOR nurses have issued a warning about unsafe staffing levels on hospital wards in England. The Safe Staffing Alliance, which includes the Royal College of...

BA SUSPENSIONS ‘TEST OF THE UNION’ say Gate Gourmet workers

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THE GATE Gourmet mass picket at Heathrow airport was visited by Transport and General Workers Union General Secretary Tony Woodley and the union’s General...

PCS & Care4Calais legal challenge against Patel – Border Force prepare to strike

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BORDER staff were preparing yesterday to strike against Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel’s hated ‘pushback’ policy against migrant boats trying to reach the UK. Their...