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‘Pandora’s Box is about to be opened’ says BMA’s Banfield He adds: ‘This is...

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DOCTORS are under attack financially, professionally and morally, and calling an election doesn’t get the government off the hook, British Medical Association leader Professor...

Nationwide protests against rail fare hikes today

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A WAVE of protests are taking place outside train stations across the country this morning as millions of commuters see their ticket fare...

‘TRUST HAS BEEN BREACHED!’ – Ellwood demands ‘stock check’ on Johnson

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SENIOR Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has called on fellow Conservative MPs to assess whether Boris Johnson is still fit to be leader of the...
Unite bus workers taking action at the Lea Valley interchange

North London bus workers strike today!

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Over 2,000 bus drivers from nine garages across north London will take 24-hour strike action from 3am today following Arriva North’s decision not to...

‘WE WON’T INTERFERE IN UKRAINE’–Lavrov

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RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister Lavrov, said yesterday that Moscow will not interfere with affairs in Ukraine. The Kremlin has reacted with barely-disguised anger...

‘The Gaza Strip Has Turned Into A Huge Prison!’

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AMID Palestinian ‘deep frustration’ with Israel’s ‘refusal to coordinate in good faith’, an EU delegation arrived on Saturday in Rafah to station security cameras...

First speech of Greek PM Tsipras

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THE new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made his first speech to the Vouli (Greek parliament) last Sunday night saying he would carry out...

US-backed Israel continues Gaza massacre of Palestinian workers! – 147 Palestinians killed in 24...

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THE US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 96 on Wednesday, with massive aerial and artillery strikes pounding neighbourhoods and homes...

Call Off The Talks!

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‘Our union executive should immediately call off the talks with Royal Mail until the threats of redundancy, total flexibility, and attacks on our pension...
Platform at the News Line Anniversary Meeting (L-R) JOSHUA OGUNLEYE, Young Socialists National Secretary, IAN HODSON, BFAWU National President; BILL ROGERS, Aslef; FRANK SWEENEY, WRP; DAVE WILTSHIRE, ATUA; FUAD SHAATH, General Union Palestinian Students;

‘REVOLUTION IS THE ANSWER’ – Leff tells News Line Anniversary

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JONTY Leff the Assistant General Secretary of the WRP told the News Line Rally yesterday that ‘Today at this 46th anniversary rally we celebrate...

Indian farmers: tens of thousands rise up!

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TENS of thousands of farmers drove in a convoy of tractors yesterday into the Indian capital during national Republic Day celebrations as part of...
Unite leader LEN McCLUSKEY addressing striking BA cabin crew earlier this year

McCLUSKEY AND CROW MISS CAMERON MEETING

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TUC general secretary Brendan Barber led a delegation of union leaders to meet with Tory-LibDem coalition prime minister Cameron yesterday midday....
Greek youth are very angry at the troika and the government’s policies that have created massive unemployment

Greek youth jobless reaches 64.9%

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THE unemployment rate in Greece increased to a record 27.60 per cent in May of 2013, up from 26.90 per cent in April of...

New financial year hits families hard!

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THE NEW financial year was ushered in yesterday with a series of price hikes that hit working class families hard. Council Tax went up, water...
Firefighters who tackled the Buncefied blaze picketing 10 Downing Street against plans to severely cut the Herts fire service

Herts FBU Striking Against Massive Cuts!

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Hertfordshire fire crews are today striking from 2pm to 10pm against cuts in frontline personnel and fire stations. Hertfordshire Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has also...

Tories Split Over Eu

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PRIME Minister Cameron yesterday defended his renegotiation of Britain’s terms of EU membership, as a number of his cabinet ministers lined up to call...

‘No choice but to fight BT sackings!’ – Allan Eldred CWU National Officer

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THE DEVASTATING ramifications for BT employees of the brutal new management approach sweeping across BT is not just illustrated by the scores of compulsory...

‘We will absolutely not pause our strike action’ – says RCN leader Pat Cullen

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‘WE WILL absolutely not pause our strike action,’ Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary Pat Cullen said yesterday morning on the BBC’s Laura...

Mexican forces attack caravan

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CHILDREN went missing yesterday as a US-bound caravan of refugees clashed with Mexican forces under instruction from President Trump to block them from entering...
Gate Gourmet workers sacked by Texas Pacific condemn the sell-out of their struggle by TGWU leader Woodley at last year’s May Day demonstration in London

T&g Backs Sainsbury Family Against Texas Pacific Raiders

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The Transport and General Workers Union yesterday issued a statement backing ‘the Sainsbury family’s hostile position to the private equity bid for the supermarket...

‘THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR LIES!’ – Menezes family hails Blair inquiry

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‘This will be the start, they are going to pay for all their lies, all the shootings,’ Alex Pereira, the cousin of Jean Charles...

DEVASTATING! – GMB slams Corus closure shock

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Tata Corus’s shock decision to mothball Teesside Cast Products (TCP) is a ‘premature decision that will have disastrous consequences for Teesside and the UK...

CAMPSFIELD DETAINEE BEATEN’ – and dragged from his cell

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Detainees at Campsfield immigration detention and removal centre near Oxford rose up yesterday morning after an African detainee was beaten and dragged out of...
Protesters outside the special adminstrator’s press conference yesterday

Mass sackings & A&E closures – proposed in South East London NHS

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PROPOSALS for mass sackings and closures of local A&E and Maternity units were yesterday revealed at a press conference called by the government-appointed administrator...

Gate Gourmet Workers Join Terminal 5 Picket

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A DELEGATION of locked out Gate Gourmet workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers’ picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday afternoon. Parmjit Bains, one of...
Student nurses marching last May in defence of the NHS

Don’t Privatise Hinchingbrooke!

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Public sector union Unison yesterday warned that Circle Healthcare’s takeover of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgshire could lead to a second Southern Cross crisis. Unison head...

‘WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK!’ – March with locked-out Gate Gourmet workers this Sunday...

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‘WE have got more and more support for our fight to get our jobs back’, locked out Gate Gourmet worker Palmjit Bains told News...
Workers marching through Athens as anger erupted across Greece at the weekend when police shot dead a teenager in the country’s capital

Greek Workers March Against Police

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Throughout Saturday night thousands of youth attacked banks and department store buildings as well as police stations in Athens and in many other Greek...

Teacher Unions Vote To Strike

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THE NUT and NASUWT teachers unions voted overwhelmingly for strike action at their annual conferences over the weekend. Speaking after the Priority Motion on Pensions...

50 Workers Chasing Every Job

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AROUND 20 unemployed workers are chasing every job vacancy in poorer parts of the UK, with that number rising to 50 in the areas...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers and Chagos Islanders marching with the WRP contingent on yesterday’s May Day march

Marchers Support Gate Gourmet Workers

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UP to 5,000 people marched through central London yesterday on the TUC May Day demonstration. The PCS trade union was on 24-hour strike against mass...

Warrington NHS Trust Cancels ‘Privatisation From Within’ Plan

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THE WARRINGTON and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced by an enormous outburst of mass anger to cancel a scheme allowing patients...
BMA members marching in central London against the Health Bill – the BMA has now demanded that Lansley resign

LANSLEY RESIGN! – BMA demands

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DELEGATES at the BMA representatives meeting in Bournemouth yesterday called for Health Secretary Lansley to resign against the advice of their leadership. Motion 22 from...

Yellow Vests marches all over France

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ON SATURDAY Yellow Vest protesters marched in cities across France for the 25th straight week, with 18,900 protesters taking part. Dozens demonstrated at Paris’s Charles...

Greek doctors & nurses protest!

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DOCTORS, nurses, trades unionists, workers and youth took part in protests at the entrances of many hospitals throughout Greece yesterday morning against the government’s...

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...

‘Charges Undermine The NHS’

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Trade unions yesterday slammed Labour’s privatisation policy in response to MPs’ criticism of the system of NHS charges. MPs on the House of Commons...

Assange At Risk Of Being ‘Tortured To Death’

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, who has been held in terrible conditions in Belmarsh Prison, is ‘in a dire state of health due to psychological...

‘HAND OVER YOUR CASH!’ Syriza orders municipalities & hospitals – to pay IMF

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GREECE has ordered its public sector bodies to hand over any reserve cash to help it meet a payment due to the International Monetary...

Bt Accused Of Aiding Drone Strikes

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A COMPLAINT has been filed with the government against telecoms company BT over its apparent facilitation of illegal, covert drone strikes carried out by...

Tories won’t address NHS pay and workforce crisis!

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CLEARLY the Tory government is determined NOT to address the drastic workforce and pay crisis in the NHS which is at the centre of...
Junior doctors on the march last Saturday – they are furious at the government’s attempt to impose unsafe, unfair contracts

All Out With Junior Doctors

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‘WE NEED other unions who are being attacked by this government to take action,’ BMA junior doctors committee member Aislinn Macklin-Doherty told News...

Police take action against Oxford students occupation

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SIXTEEN protesters were arrested when police intervened to take action against an occupation on Thursday in support of Palestine by ‘Oxford Action for Palestine...

Food Prices Rocketing As The Supermarkets Impose Rationing

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FOOD prices are rising at their fastest rate for 45 years, with the cost of basics such as milk, cheese and eggs surging and...

Bring LT cleaners back in-house

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AS THE Omicron crisis grips the capital, Labour politicians yesterday called for public ownership of London Transport cleaning services. The MPs and peers made the...