Pathology Privatisation Fiasco

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The Serco-led public-private partnership which runs London’s St Thomas’ and Kings College hospitals’ path labs, GSTS Pathology, has run into trouble having made a...
A section of the rally on Tuesday night in the port of Piraeus

Civil Conscription Defied!

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THE Greek coalition government ordered the forced ‘civil conscription’ of the seafarers on Tuesday on the sixth day of their 100 per cent solid...

‘OUR FAMILY CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER!’ says Kaba family six months after police killing

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‘OUR FAMILY cannot wait any longer, ’ said the family of Chris Kaba yesterday, the six-months anniversary of the 24-year-old black man’s fatal shooting...
London bus workers on strike demanding wage rises that keep pace with the rate of inflation

BROWN HANDS BANKS £500bn

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Brown and Darling yesterday announced a £500bn package of measures aimed at rescuing the banking system. The equivalent of $880bn, it means they are handing...

1,000 CLASH WITH POLICE IN SAMAWA – Iraqis angry over no water or electricity

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At least one person was killed and sixty others were wounded yesterday when over 1,000 angry Iraqis clashed with police in Samawa, south of...
Children joined the 50-strong mass picket outside Ealing Hospital yesterday morning calling for strike action and occupation to save the Charlie Chaplin children’s ward

Keep Ealing Children’s Ward Open!

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‘CHILDREN can get meningitis. If they have to take a child all the way to Northwick Park Hospital they could die on the way!’...

Assange Supporters Picket Media Conference

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AN angry protest by supporters of Julian Assange yesterday morning denounced a Tory government conference titled ‘Defend Media Freedom’. Maxine Walker from the Julian Assange...

Bedroom tax challenge is going ahead!

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DISABLED children and adults are challenging the legality of the coalition government’s ‘bedroom tax’ and have won the right to take their cases to...

Wanted! An arrest warrant for Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar!

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AN ARREST warrant is being sought by two pro-Palestinian groups Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the Hind Rajab Foundation for Israeli Foreign Minister...

Zionists tout Blair as agent to ‘relocate’ Palestinians

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FORMER UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is being touted by sections of the Israeli genocide cabinet as an agent to lead the ‘relocation’ of...

Fifth of PPE contracts were ‘red flagged for corruption’!

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A DAMNING report published yesterday entitled ‘Track and Trace’ by Transparency International has shone a light on the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) scandal, where...

‘Trump is behind drive to extradite Assange’ – says US lawyer alleging Trump wants...

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US PRESIDENT Trump is behind the politically motivated prosecution of Julian Assange who he said should receive the death penalty, it was alleged by...
The new 30x6ft banner erected outside Chase Farm Hospital that replaces the 3x3ft sign that was there when a 2-year-old child was taken by his mother to what she thought was the A&E, only to find the door to the Urgent Care Centre was locked. The child di

Chase Farm ‘needs its A&E back – not a new sign!’

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ON 15th January a two-year-old child died at North Middlesex Hospital after having been taken to Chase Farm Hospital. The baby’s name was Muhammad Hashir...

Iran & Iraq united against US attack

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THE US ATTACK on Iran and Iraq will cement the unity of the two countries, Iranian President Rouhani said in a phone call with...

Scotland Votes For Boycott Of Israel!

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SCOTLAND’S Parliament has voted to impose an immediate and comprehensive boycott of Israel and companies linked to its genocide in Gaza, passing a landmark...
The North East London Council of Action banner on the Unite march to defend the NHS last July. Now the whole movement has taken up this demand

‘WITHDRAW THE HEALTH BILL’ – GPs will not be in charge says the GPs...

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Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s GPs Committee, wrote to all GPs in England yesterday setting out why the Committee wants the Health...

2,200-strong bus drivers strike solid – Bus drivers demand renationalisation

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THE BUS strike by 2,200 Unite members employed by the privateer RATP at eight London garages was solid yesterday, with strikers demanding that the...

Judges back Parliament against the people!

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THE JUDICIARY yesterday sought to rescue the Parliament from the people with its ruling that the House of Commons must agree before the process...

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...

‘LIVES AT RISK’ – from fire service cuts

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‘What angers me is they call this a risk reduction plan, when it is obvious it will cause more risk,’ Fire Brigades Union (FBU)...
Marcher with a clear message on the two million-strong demonstration in London on February 15 2003 against the war on Iraq

CHILCOT INQUIRY– ‘COME THE DAY YOU’LL BE THERE’ – Rumsfeld was sure that...

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‘NO matter how many times you said to senior American officers, and indeed Mr Rumsfeld, that we were not committing our forces until we...
Last Sunday’s picket on the hill near to the Gate Gourmet plant

‘We are going to win’ – Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are campaigning all this week for their march and rally in Southall on Sunday December 4. Speaking on the picket line...
Demonstrators outside yesterday’s hearings where MPs questioned the Murdochs and sacked police chiefs, demanding that Cameron and Murdoch go

Out with Cameron! – nationalise Murdoch empire under workers control

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RUPERT and James Murdoch yesterday sought to stonewall MPs questioning them about phone-hacking at the ‘News of the World’, denying any responsibility or knowledge...

14 US soldiers killed in Iraq – as US General says British army must...

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Fourteen American soldiers were killed in northern Iraq yesterday when their Blackhawk transport helicopter came down during a pre-dawn flight, US command said in...

Over 71,000 sofa surfing this Xmas!

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‘HUMILIATING, painful, depressing,’ says a new report released yesterday by homeless charity Crisis, highlighting the brutal realities of ‘sofa surfing’. The research shows that with...

‘MASSIVE VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION!’ – CWU leaders urge membership

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THE COMMUNICATION Workers Union is calling for a massive vote for strike action against Royal Mail management’s attempts ‘to virtually de-recognise the CWU and...

Tories Launch Assault On Tata Pensions

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TORY Business Secretary Sajid Javid in his opening statement to parliament yesterday outlined the assault that he is organising on Tata steel workers’ pensions,...

Starmer beats war drums at Scottish Labour Party Conference!

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LABOUR Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer beat the war drums at the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Glasgow yesterday. He said that ‘we can’t cling...

Parliament to forcibly evict Westminster rough sleepers

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HOMELESS people are to be forcibly evicted from the Westminister underpass, which leads to Parliament, by installing rolldown shutters blocking the shelter off. In December...

Infected blood scandal – 72 died from contaminated drug at single school

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A PUBLIC inquiry yesterday heard from students and parents after more than 120 ex pupils at a school for disabled children were caught up...

Putin launches ‘Special Military Operation’ in Donbass

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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...

San Antonio Symphony Orchestra Strike

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SAN ANTONIO Symphony Orchestra musicians have called a strike after management imposed a binding new contract on them from September 13. The Texan San Antonio...

UK Huge Wages Fall!

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WAGES in the UK have seen one of the largest falls in the European Union since the coalition came to power, according to official...

150 NHS CONSULTANTS EARNING £8.5m TOTAL!

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ONE hundred and fifty consultants employed to draw up the Tories Sustainability and Transformation plans (STPs) were paid combined annual salaries of at least...
Striking PCS civil servants rally outside the House of Commons last Wednesday denouncing Osborne’s Budget

£9 bn of tax rises ahead – after next election says IFS

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TAX rises of up to £9 billion could be imposed on British households and businesses after the next general election in 2015, leading economic...
Students, who are part of the first year to pay £3,000 fees, showing their opposition to all fees

‘DISASTROUS’ DROP IN STUDENT NUMBERS – says National Union

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THE NUS has described a drop in the numbers of students going to university as ‘deeply worrying’, and has called on the Government to...

Iran dismisses claims that a deal with the US is imminent

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IRAN has dismissed claims that an agreement with the US is imminent or that the nuclear file and management of the Strait of Hormuz...

UK a bailiffs paradise!

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LOCAL councils should ‘back off’ from calling in bailiffs, after doing so an ‘excessive’ 1.8 million times in the last year, to collect debts...
Lively mass picket of Ealing Hospital gave its full support to the decisive strike actions called by the junior doctors

SUPPORT JUNIOR DOCTORS! BRING DOWN TORIES! – demands Ealing mass picket

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‘VICTORY to the junior doctors!’ shouted the 50-strong mass picket of Ealing Hospital yesterday morning, adding, ‘Call a general strike!’ The picket, called by the...

TUC delegates demand better wages & conditions in schools & healthcare

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AT the Trades Union Congress yesterday morning there were motions demanding more funding for education, and better wages and conditions for all staff working...

Anti-terror laws misused to deport professionals!

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THE TRUE nature of PM May’s ‘hostile environment’ has come to light after it emerged that legislation designed to tackle terrorism has been misused...
Engineers and construction workers demonstrated in Parliament Square during the February dispute in the industry

STOP THE COUNTRY! – to beat union busters

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The GMB trade union yesterday accused senior managers of provoking the unofficial dispute at Lindsey oil refinery by the sacking of 51 workers in...

Savage Cuts On The Way!

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THE TORY government is preparing to simultaneously end the ‘triple lock’ pensions guarantee and raise the employee national insurance contribution (NIC) by one per...
Palestinians emerge through clouds of teargas fired by Israeli troops at the Gaza border on the 6th Friday demonstration yesterday

Plo Suspends Recognition Of Israel!

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AT LEAST 37 Palestinian protesters and three journalists were injured by live shots or suffocated from tear-gas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked...
‘Stop using – chemical weapons!’, ‘Indian army – go home!’, ‘Tamil Tigers – freedom fighters!’ chanted the 300-strong demonstration opposite the Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon

Tigers Not Using Tamils As Shields

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‘PRAMESH gets weaker every day but his spirits are high,’ 18-year-old student Janani Paramsothy, told News Line yesterday on the 24-hour picket on the...