UK unis ‘to be the most expensive in world’
Academics, students and community groups are celebrating a victory after University College London (UCL), one of the country’s leading institutions, agreed at last to...
McCLUSKEY AND CROW MISS CAMERON MEETING
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber led a delegation of union leaders to meet with Tory-LibDem coalition prime minister Cameron yesterday midday....
Corbyn urges reject May and embrace EU
‘PARLIAMENT should do its job today and say No to the Prime Minister,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said during yesterday’s debate and vote on...
Cameron admits to donor dinners
PRIME MINISTER Cameron admitted yesterday that major Tory Party donors have been invited to dinner in Downing Street on four occasions since 2010. He said:...
French unions hold mass rally in Paris tomorrow
SOPHIE Binet, general secretary of the CGT French trade union federation, has called for people to join the rallies on July 18 in front...
Blair ‘the world’s worst terrorist!’
‘There is one terrorist in this world that the world needs to be aware of and his name is Tony Blair, the world’s worst...
PCS put on war footing!
FORMAL backing for more than a quarter of a million civil and public servants to join a public sector-wide strike on November 30 puts...
Thousands Of Parents, Pupils & Teachers To Defy Tories Today!
THOUSANDS of teachers, as well as the parents of hundreds of thousands pupils, are set to defy the government’s instructions for Reception, Year 1...
Reverse Palestine march ban!
THE threat by the Metropolitan Police to ban Saturday’s National March (PSC) for Palestine from assembling at the BBC in Portland Place as arranged...
The whole world rages at the persecution of the Palestinians yet the TUC still...
PALESTINE’S UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour has called on the UN Security Council to ensure ‘protection’ for Palestinians, who have increasingly come under deadly attacks...
Putin launches ‘Special Military Operation’ in Donbass
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin announced a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine’s Donbass region early yesterday morning to ‘defend people there against government forces’, stressing...
Truss Condemns Militant Trade Unions & Nationalisation!
PRIME MINISTER Truss declared war on ‘militant trade unions and nationalised industries’ in her speech at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham yesterday morning. Her...
Junior doctors imposed contract – Second legal challenge
THE government has been hit with a second legal challenge over its imposition of the new contract for junior doctors which forces them to...
Bank of E fears Barclays exposure to EU debt
UK banks do not have enough capital to withstand an escalation in the eurozone crisis, the Bank of England’s risk regulator has warned. The minutes...
Court finds against Labour Party democracy
THE Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Labour Party right wing and against Labour Party democracy yesterday afternoon, when it banned...
Wmd Lies Being Used Against Syria
USING the Bush-Blair WMD tactic, manufactured for use as the cause of war with Iraq, the imperialist powers and Israel were yesterday insisting that...
BROWN’S WAGE FREEZE – GMB’s Kenny warns Labour will fall
‘We would fight any attempts to impose a wage freeze,’ UNISON warned yesterday in the wake of Chancellor Gordon Brown’s call for public-sector pay...
Chase Farm Closure ‘On Hold’
THE 10th picket by the North East London Council of Action outside Chase Farm Hospital yesterday heard that the closure of the hospital has...
MARCH ON DOWNING STREET! –to defend four West London Hospitals
THERE is to be a march from Ealing Hospital to Downing Street in the first week of September to stop the closure...
‘Schools can only remain open where it is safe for them to do so!’...
Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT teachers union, has called on the government to take further action on school safety in light...
AMAZON ACCUSED OF DIRTY TRICKS – as GMB withdraws bid for recognition
AMAZON was yesterday accused of ‘dirty tricks’ as the GMB withdrew its recognition bid. Amazon refuses to pay workers a decent wage, but are paying...
EUROZONE: unemployment soars, manufacturing collapses!
Unemployment in the eurozone soared to 11.1% in May, while the manufacturing collapse continued and is set to accelerate, according to official statistics produced...
‘Slowest recovery on record’ –says Bank of England chief Carney
WHILE claiming that ‘a renewed recovery is now under way in the United Kingdom’, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said yesterday that interest...
‘WE WANT A PAY RISE’ say 200 Barts SERCO strikers
‘WE WANT a pay rise!’ said over 200 striking Bart’s NHS Trust ancillary workers employed by privateer SERCO at the trust’s four London hospitals. The...
Miliband condemns policy on Libya
LABOUR leader Miliband yesterday indicted Cameron’s foreign policy in an attempt to win the support of the British bourgeoisie. He said of PM Cameron’s foreign...
Tigers Reject Talks
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have rejected Sri Lankan government proposed peace talks in Geneva, following reports of abductions of pro-Tiger aid...
Failure To Invest Will Mean Disaster For NHS, Says RCN!
‘FAILURE to invest more now to tackle the nursing workforce crisis will mean disaster for the health and care services this winter,’ the Royal...
French Police Chokehold Mutiny!
NATIONWIDE demonstrations in France on Tuesday demanding better pay and resources for health workers were the subject of repeated police attacks. 18,000 people attended demonstrations...
‘BA Won’t Succeed’–Woodley
Tony Woodley told striking British Airways cabin crew to cheers yesterday that: ‘Derek Simpson and I stand here as one behind your campaign behind...
MILIBAND ADOPTS ‘ONE NATION’ TORY POLICY! – and pledges full support for the private...
LABOUR leader Miliband adopted the traditional Tory slogan of ‘One Nation’ at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester yesterday. ‘In this most difficult economic time...
Father of Yellow Vest whose hand blown off to sue
THE FATHER of the Yellow Vest protester who had his hand blown off by a gas grenade in Paris on Saturday says he plans...
TORIES MOVE TO ILLEGALISE STRIKES! – Unite offers ‘constructive discussions’
‘THE government’s proposals on union ballots will make legal strikes close to impossible,’ TUC leader Francis O’Grady said yesterday. She was responding to an announcement...
PANIC RESHUFFLE! – while the rats continue to leave sinking ship
Prime Minister Brown held a press conference late afternoon yesterday to announce the cabinet changes in a hurried reshuffle following the resignations of five...
Hunt agrees to talks!–as junior doctors call to scrap new contract
HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt took a step back yesterday and said he is willing to pause the imposition of the junior doctors’ contract in...
Severe malnutrition in Gaza
THE UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has accused Israel of obstructing the entry of essential supplies needed to save the lives of children suffering from...
Amcu to march on British embassy!
THE South African miners’ trade union Amcu has said it will march to the British embassy this week to hand over a memorandum...
REJECT CWU SELL-OUT – call angry CWU members
THE CWU (Communications Workers Union) yesterday accepted the Royal Mail offer on pay along with plans to modernise the company and reform the...
BLAIR ABUSED POWER! – when he ignored High Court decision on Chagos Islanders
Chagos Islanders were yesterday jubilant after the Court of Appeal dismissed the government’s appeal against their right to return to their homeland. Following the ruling...
SECOND COVID PEAK IS LIKELY! say thousands of BMA doctors
THOUSANDS of doctors say a second Covid peak is very likely and is their greatest fear this winter. A major survey of doctors by the...
96-hour walkout by the junior doctors!
THE BMA yesterday announced dates for a new 96-hour walkout by junior doctors in England after the government’s failure to make any credible offer...
Lobby The Tuc!
Monday September 11th, Brighton
Defend Benefits!
A lively contingent of single mums, people with disabilities, unemployed youth and their supporters protested to the House of Lords yesterday, to demand...
Thousands Mourn 47 Dead
Tens of thousands of Palestinians yesterday attended a funeral procession for 47 defenceless civilians who were killed on Tuesday when Israeli artillery shelled a...
Ruling class moves to try to restore order
THE Labour government is pushing through the Houses of Parliament a bill that will make desertion and refusal to serve in an occupied country...
‘Rail Cuts Cost Lives’–RMT
‘ACT now to stop another rail tragedy’, demanded the RMT rail union yesterday, in a demonstration alongside members of sister union TSSA outside the...