May keeps Hunt as NHS Secretary
TORY Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and ex-Education Secretary Michael Gove were both sacked from the Tory cabinet yesterday as new Tory PM Theresa May...
RMT National Strike Action
THE RMT national rail strike is back on. A 24-hour strike has been called for Thursday the 4th of June and a 48-hour strike for...
Tube Strike Tonight!
TUBE workers are walking out on the first of two 48-hour strikes tonight over plans to close all 278 of the capital’s Underground ticket...
UCU holds strike rally as 17 FE colleges stop work
The University and College Union (UCU) held a strike rally of over 150 members from across the country at the Emmanuel Centre on Marsham...
Israeli tanks, copters and drones fire on thousands–21 killed 150 wounded
AT least 21 starving Palestinians were killed after Israeli tanks, helicopters and drones opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza...
Greek Local Government Workers Occupy
SCORES of town halls in the metropolitan Athens-Piraeus area were being occupied by municipal workers on Wednesday morning following a decision by the POE-OTA...
Kent blood services not for sale!–Unite
THE PRIVATISATION of the NHS blood samples service in Kent will put patients’ lives at risk, Unite warned yesterday, adding: ‘It must be stopped!’ A...
SAVAGE SPENDING CUTS – ‘will have serious consequences’ says UCU leader
‘YOU cannot make savage funding cuts without serious consequences, despite Lord Mandelson’s insulting efforts to sell the cuts as an opportunity,’ said UCU general...
Johnson Imposes Tier 3 On Manchester
TORY PM Johnson announced yesterday the government will impose the strictest measures – a Tier 3 lockdown – on Manchester, despite Greater Manchester Mayor...
No to ‘Son of a Dog’ Trump’s deal – Abbas
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ the details of which were announced yesterday evening. Abbas said: ‘Trump...
GPs FACE PRIVATISATION! – warning from the BMA
GPs FACE takeover by commercial providers warns the BMA. Plans to introduce ICPs (Integrated Care Providers) in England must not allow private firms to...
Fuel shortages driving Gaza’s hospitals to the brink!
Fuel shortages are driving Gaza’s hospitals to the ‘brink of collapse’, leading to dehydration, disease, and starvation among the population, warns the charity ActionAid. Dr...
Public ownership of energy – urges Unite
UNITE hit out yesterday at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would halt new gas and oil production in the North Sea...
South Africa slams Israel over genocide against Palestinians!
IN A historical development at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, South Africa presented its detailed case against Israel committing genocide...
Chinese AI ‘DeepSeek’ crashes US market!
CHINESE artificial intelligence company DeepSeek entered ‘holiday mode’ for Lunar New Year yesterday, having crashed the US stock market the day before. The most notable...
Workers to get 67% of wages – bosses to get free labour under Sunak...
TORY CHANCELLOR Sunak set out yesterday more massive support for businesses forced to close by law, with much tighter virus rules expected in England...
Suffolk Fire Crews Strike Tomorrow
Suffolk Fire Brigades Union Brigade Committee yesterday called for a national demonstration next Thursday, 11 August, in support of tomorrow and this Friday’s strike...
Lib Dems Vote For Ananti-Brexit Coup!
THE LIBDEMS voted for an anti-Brexit coup at their conference in Bournemouth yesterday, pledging to revoke Article 50, reversing their previous policy of campaigning...
‘WE NEED THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO JOIN THE FIGHT’ – say London...
Postal workers were out on strike across London, Essex, Scotland and the West Midlands yesterday, the first of a number of days of strike...
UK university staff walk out tomorrow
STAFF in UK universities are preparing to walk out for their third one-day strike tomorrow as part of a worsening pay dispute. On the eve...
FOODBANK USE ROCKETS! – huge demand for emergency food supplies
THE number of emergency food supplies given out by Farnborough Foodbank has risen by 5.27% in the last year. Farnborough Foodbank is part of The...
THE NHS STAFFING CRISIS: ‘A NATIONAL SCANDAL’ says House of Commons Health & Social...
THE HOUSE of Commons Health and Social Care Committee is publishing a report this morning which calls the NHS staffing crisis a ‘national scandal’. The...
PATIENT CARE AT RISK! – BMA slams ‘rushed-through reforms’
‘Rushed through reforms’ to doctors’ training will see ‘risks to patient care’, warns the British Medical Association. The BMA said that under the government’s ‘Modernising...
‘GET OUT OF HERE!’ – Athens Vouli Popular Assembly tells Papandreou
FOR the fourth successive night, tens of thousands of youth and workers congregated in the main square of Athens outside the Vouli (Greek parliament)...
Khan Elected Mayor!
IN an overwhelming victory for Labour, Sadiq Khan has become the new mayor of London yesterday. Londoners were glad to see the back of Boris...
Rolling Strikes To Continue Say Cwu Leaders
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) Postal Executive announced yesterday afternoon it has agreed a further round of rolling strike action. A CWU statement ...
Banking Storm Ahead!
The European debt crisis is a ‘key risk’ to the UK banking sector and banks should build up their cash reserves in response, the...
Trump Supporter Shot Dead In Portland
A MAN was shot dead in Portland, Oregon as a large demonstration of supporters of President Trump clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters. The city...
‘We demand a pay rise’ – Nurses, midwives & NHS staff rise up against...
OVER 500 angry NHS workers marched from St Thomas’ Hospital to Downing Street on Wednesday evening to demand a 15 per cent pay rise. ‘Enough...
MILLIONS WASTED ON PRIVATEERS –it will be worse if Health Bill is enacted warns...
‘This is the danger of using the private sector to deliver our health services,’ a Unison spokeswoman told News Line. ‘We’ve always warned that the...
GAZA BUFFER ZONE – Israelis threaten to shoot-on-sight
Israeli planes yesterday dropped leaflets in northern Gaza to warn Palestinians that they will be shot dead on sight if they enter a newly...
RMT and Unite leaders pledge to defeat Tory attack on right to strike
THE LEADERS of the Unite and RMT unions warned yesterday that they will mobilise their full power to defeat Tory plans to ban the...
OUR HOSPITALS MUST NOT CLOSE! – Voters tell Enfield WRP candidate Anna Athow
Enfield North WRP election candidate Anna Athow and her campaign team received a big response on the High Street yesterday. Anna, a consultant surgeon, has...
Silence over whether MI6 tried to recruit Adebolajo
THE official inquiry into the killing of Lee Rigby in 2013 has highlighted the contacts that MI5 and MI6 had with the two attackers Michael...
Gg Workers Step Up Campaign
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers visited Hillingdon Civic Centre, the Uxbridge library, Uxbridge bus garage, Uxbridge tube and Brunel University yesterday, to campaign for...
Itv 24 Hr Strike!
BROADCASTING unions at ITV have voted to go on strike next Thursday after management failed to budge from an ‘insulting’ pay offer of 2...
More than 30 Labour MPs oppose Starmer’s assault on benefits – 4.5 million...
KEIR Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing the most significant internal revolt since taking office, as more than 30 Labour backbenchers prepare to oppose...
Hunt did act ‘illegally’ – in seeking to close Lewisham A&E and Maternity
THE Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the decision of a Judicial Review not to proceed with the reconfiguration of Lewisham hospital, meaning that the...
OBR predicts 4 million unemployed – as Furlough scheme begins winding down
AS OF YESTERDAY the Tory government’s contribution to furloughed workers’ wages was cut, marking the beginning of the end of the scheme – with...
‘WE NEED NEW LEADERS’ – say Gate Gourmet workers
LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers were very angry on the picket line at the weekend after many of them had received special delivery letters informing...
‘Overthrow Junta!’ Greek Workers Ready To Act
OVER 10,000 workers and youth gathered at the occupied ERT (State TV and Radio) grounds on Wednesday evening on the 9th day and night...
76% VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION – CWU must give 7 days notice of strike...
‘If we don’t take a stand now, you will see the postal service in the UK destroyed for ever,’ Communication Workers Union (CWU)...
‘The Junior Doctors’ dispute is for all of us’ says TUC – however it...
‘THE junior doctors’ dispute is an issue for all of us,’ declared Unison delegate James Anthony moving Emergency Motion 5 Support for the BMA...
500,000 WILL STRIKE ON MAY 10 – says Serwotka
Half a million workers will be taking strike action on May 10th, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told the mass rally at the end...
‘We have been ignored for too long!’ says nurses’ leader Cullen ahead of December...
‘We have been ignored for too long!’ says nurses’ leader Cullen ahead of December strikes ‘WHILE billions of pounds is being spent on temporary measures...