Parliament taking control from government!
‘THE APPROACH to today’s business sets an extremely concerning precedent for our democracy,’ Tory leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom said yesterday,...
‘Save Chase Farm – Save Lives’
THERE was a lively campaign yesterday, as local people joined in and gave out leaflets for the North East London Council of...
Windrush promises must have legal backing
MORE than 200 MPs have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for government promises to Windrush migrants to be written into law....
Gm Hits Luton With 354 Job Losses
General Motors (GM) yesterday announced 354 job cuts at Vauxhall’s UK plant in Luton and none in Ellesmere Port. On Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
LLOYDS HBOS MASS SACKINGS – as banks go for £17bn more bailout cash
The Unite trade union yesterday urged Lloyds TSB and HBOS ‘to start thinking about the human consequences of this takeover’. It was responding to...
BROWNE ACCEPTS BLAME – but admits Blair knew of decision to sell stories
Defence secretary Des Browne yesterday said he takes ‘full responsibility’ for decisions which allowed the fifteen UK sailors and marines held by the Iranians...
‘CULTURE OF FEAR’ – condemned by Unite’s McCluskey
UNITE has condemned the government’s plan to cap compensation for unfair dismissal. In a ministerial statement the government has announced plans to introduce...
Gourmet locked-out workers determined to win
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers expressed shock and anger at the treatment of two hundred Xavier Gourmet workers who found the gate to their...
NHS hospital managers must be accountable! say BMA consultants
THE lead consultant on the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked said yesterday that hospital managers should be regulated in a similar way to...
HOUSE OF LORDS RULES FOR US IMPERIALISM! – Abolishes the right to return of...
‘WE WILL return to the Chagos Islands – it’s our right!’, ‘We will return to Diego Garcia – it’s our right!’ shouted more than...
Royal Mail Deal Sell-Out!
‘IT’S A bad deal. I think it should be thrown out.’ That was the reaction of one delegate, Tam Dewar from Scotland, after a national...
‘A PRIVATISATION TOO FAR’ – UNISON leader Prentis urges suspend NHS Logistics sell-off
UNISON members at four NHS Logistics depots began a second 24 hour strike, last night at 10pm. Runcorn depot stopped at 11pm. The workers are...
Mass picket to defend Chase Farm Hospital
PATIENTS and staff yesterday expressed their determination to stop the closure of Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E, consultant-led Maternity and Paediatrics departments, and to reopen...
Tuc Refusing To Smash Tories Anti-Union Law!
TIM SHARP, the TUC senior policy officer for employment rights, has published an article entitled ‘Fighting the Anti-Strike Law’. He states: ‘The government is attempting...
NATIONAL STRIKE IS VITAL – say CWU pickets
Post workers were out on strike again on Saturday in defence of their jobs, working conditions, pensions and pay. The Communication Workers Union branded Royal...
RECOGNISE PALESTINE! – Palestinian ambassador urges MPs
MANUEL Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, has renewed his call on MPs to pass the resolution that will be before the House...
SUPPORT BUILDING UP FOR WRP’s SELLU & LEFF
AMINATA Sellu, Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Camberwell and Peckham, received a warm reception and enthusiastic applause when she spoke at a hustings meeting...
UCU votes to mount national fight for jobs
DELEGATES at the UCU (University and College Union) Conference in Harrogate last week, backed an important step forward in the fight against the escalating...
Trade unions must draw up their own cost of living index
YESTERDAY the UNISON trade union pointed out what most health workers know from hard experience, that; ‘Huge increases in the basics of life eat...
Answer Class War Budget With A General Strike
CHANCELLOR Osborne’s class war budget yesterday introduced massive tax cuts for the rich and launched huge new attacks on the working class, the old,...
NO DEPORTATIONS! Defend the Palestinians’ right to their land
ISRAEL has decided to expel more Palestinians from their own homes and lands without taking into consideration any objection from any side, especially the...
Prescott-Blair Fate Linked
Pressure mounted on deputy prime minister Prescott to quit yesterday, with Labour MPs queueing up to say he should go despite warnings that if...
Unions decide to intervene on Second Reading of Strikes Bill!
PCS president Fran Heathcote will be speaking at the demo on 16 January to coincide with the second reading of the government’s Strikes Bill. The...
CORBYN WELCOMED – while right wing refuses to serve
TRADE unions yesterday welcomed the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader. This was after the explosion of working class anger inside and around...
Nasrallah assassination ‘an act of Israeli desperation’ says Iran
‘ISRAEL has gone on an assassination spree against resistance commanders in a desperate effort to prevent its demise,’ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf...
US Lawyers Launch Bid To Have Assange Extradited From The UK
US LAWYERS yesterday launched a fresh attempt to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns about the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health should...
Coronavirus ripping through Belmarsh!
BELMARSH High Security prison is suffering from an outbreak of coronavirus to such an extent that it is ‘barely functioning’, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has...
22% Youth Jobless!
unemployment soared by another 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, the Office for National Statistics reported yesterday. The official unemployment rate...
RCN DEMANDS MORE NURSES – LABOUR DEMANDS £2bn CUTS
Patients staying in hospitals where there are fewer nurses on the wards are more likely to die or experience complications, according to a major...
Adams Praises Paisley As ‘Ceasar’
By John Coulter, Irish Political Journalist Retiring First Minister and hell fire fundamentalist preacher Rev Ian Paisley has been hailed as a political Caesar –...
130,000 homeless children this Xmas
MORE than 130,000 homeless children will be living in temporary accommodation this Christmas in Britain, according to estimates by the homeless charity Shelter. In...
HOSPITAL CLOSURES PLANNED! – – April 2010 D-Day for NHS
New NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), yesterday published its ratings on England’s 392 trusts. From April 2010, the CQC will gain new powers...
Children are arriving hungry every day at school!
THE number of struggling families sending their children to school hungry has increased over the past year, according to a poll of almost 900...
Parliament recalled: over war on Syria
PARLIAMENT is being recalled tomorrow with prime minister Cameron demanding Labour support for his ‘clear motion’ for military action against Syria. Downing Street released a...
No fare rises – re-nationalise!
RAIL fares are set to rise by a whacking 6.2% next January, about double the official rate of inflation, though some ticket price rises...
‘DON’T SIGN ANYTHING AT ALL!’ – NEU leader Kebede
‘DON’T sign anything at all’ the leader of the NEU teachers union told striking teachers and support staff who are threatened with ‘fire and...
Nurses – Jobs At Risk!
A government ruling on nurse recruitment and work permits that came into force yesterday, puts over 38,000 overseas nurses and their families at risk,...
Another huge show of strength! – UCU strike rally, King’s Cross 1.00pm today
‘Vice chancellors are about to witness another huge show of strength,’ UCU (University and College Union) General Secretary Jo Grady said yesterday, speaking ahead...
Warzone docs under attack
HOSPITALS bombed by Saudi forces in Yemen murdering the staff inside, and doctors shot dead in Palestine treating the wounded on the Gaza border,...
JOHNSON FACING REBELLION – 60 Tories preparing to vote against Plan B
THE JOHNSON government faces an expected rebellion by about 60 Conservative MPs in tomorrow’s House of Commons votes to pass new ‘Plan B’ Covid-19...
‘THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS A LIAR’ says Saddam Hussein
At his continuing show trial in Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused Bush of lying about Iraq’s non-existent stockpiles of chemical weapons as...
FRANCE PENSIONS STRIKE SEPTEMBER 7th
French trade unions met yesterday to finalise arrangements for ‘a day of strikes and demonstrations’ across France on September 7th. There is enormous anger over...
Gate Gourmet Workers – Good Support For March 25 Demo
A DELEGATION of locked-out Gate Gourmet workers visited Hillingdon Direct Works Council Depot yesterday to publicise their march through Hounslow on the 25th of...
‘Imposing Pay Deal The Last Straw!’
TODAY at the CWU conference postal section, an emergency motion for strike action will be presented. This motion comes after the imposition of the wage...
NHS Strike Ballot!
MANY thousands of health workers have a chance from today to send a strong message of protest to health secretary Jeremy Hunt over...















