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Darzi Is Rejected!

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday angrily rejected health minister Lord Darzi’s claims that they are ‘lagging behind’ and resistant to innovation to...
Determined striking lecturers on their picket line outside Tower Hamlets College yesterday

Tower Hamlets Day Of Action Called

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Striking lecturers at Tower Hamlets College in East London yesterday called on other trade unions and colleges to join their Day of Action next...

Palestinian children attacked! – detained in Israeli prisons

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PALESTINIAN child prisoners detained by Israeli authorities in recent months have indicated an upsurge of flagrant violations against them during and after detention, including...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line yesterday

HOME OFFICE ACCUSED! – of alerting Berlusconi over Mills extradition

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‘Will the present inquiry by the Cabinet Secretary examine whether or not the Home Office acted improperly in relation to an extradition request for...
Delegates applauding at the GMB Congress yesterday morning

MIGRANTS HAVE RIGHTS – GMB warns bully bosses

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THE GMB yesterday at its annual Congress in Blackpool demanded that the owner of the American Dry Cleaning Company, Julian Stone, reinstate two...

Corbyn calls emergency shadow cabinet meeting

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is to hold an emergency shadow cabinet meeting next Monday to discuss alleged anti-Semitism within the party. The meeting was called...

RAGE OF WORKERS AND YOUTH THREAT TO GREEK GOVERNMENT – thousands defy police teargas...

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THE RAGE of youth and workers in Greece over last Tuesday’s horrific rail crash is now threatening to overthrow the right-wing government of Prime...
Hunger striker PARAMESWARAN SUBRAMANIYAN now on the 22nd day of his action. He is not prepared to give up

Sri Lanka – Lives Of 100,000 Civilians Threatened

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The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG-T) said it has received credible information that Sri Lankan government forces are preparing for a final...
Greek farmers attacked by riot police while protesting against a massive attack on pensions imposed on Greece by the European Union Photo credit: Marios Lolos

‘GREECE WILL NOT BECOME THE EU’s LEBANON’

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GREECE has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid sharp divisions among EU states over the migrant crisis. The move came after Austria hosted a meeting...

‘INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE!’ – demands McCluskey after state attack on Corbyn

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UNITE leader Len McCluskey yesterday demanded an investigation into claims made by two journalists in an article in The Times newspaper that senior civil...

No Impunity For Blair Says Reg Keys

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OVER 100 bereaved relatives whose loved ones have been killed in the illegal war and occupation of Iraq were joined by MPs, peace campaigners...

BLACKMAIL – Hamas condemns imperialist pressure to recognise Israel

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THE Arab League; the Quartet of the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia; Israel and the Palestinian Fatah movement are...
Chagos Islanders supporting DOMINIQUE ELYSSE (centre, wearing a light shirt) outside the High Court in London yesterday morning

Chagos Islander denied his right to UK citizenship

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CHAGOS Islanders demonstrated outside the High Court in London’s Strand yesterday, in support of Dominique Elysse, who is seeking to establish British citizenship. The...
Trade unionists demand ‘Save the NHS’ and ‘More Midwives’ – but the Tory-led coalition is out to smash up the health service and hand services over to private businesses

Privatisation Threat To Midwives Jobs

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Pregnant women living in the borough of Wirral, northwest England, face being put under the care of a private healthcare company rather than the...
Greek university students on the march

‘THROW OUT THE GOVERNMENT’ – demand Greek workers and students

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OVER 5,000 university students and public sector workers held an impressive and militant rally and march in Athens last Thursday against the government’s plans...

Rising Uni Drop-Out Rate

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RISING numbers of students from more disadvantaged homes are dropping out of universities in England before completing their studies, figures show. The proportion of youngsters...

RMT and Unite leaders pledge to defeat Tory attack on right to strike

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THE LEADERS of the Unite and RMT unions warned yesterday that they will mobilise their full power to defeat Tory plans to ban the...
Student and lecturers came out in support of cleaners at SOAS during yesterday’s mass picket

Cleaners mass picket at SOAS

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THERE was a lively mass picket at SOAS University, Central London, yesterday at the start of a two-day strike by cleaners. SOAS Unison Assistant Branch...
Youth marching in Crawley against the detention of immigrant workers

‘LEFT IN FLOODED CELLS WITHOUT FOOD & WATER WHILE FIRES BURNED!’ – Liberty demands...

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Human rights group Liberty will tell the High Court today that vulnerable detainees were left in overcrowded, flooded cells without food or water while...
Junior doctors refused to be intimidated by Hunt’s threats during their long dispute over an imposed contract

Hawking slams Tories over NHS privatisation!

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PROFESSOR Stephen Hawking has attacked the government’s NHS policies, and health secretary Jeremy Hunt in person, and warned they are seeking to bring in...
Teachers and doctors called a joint march at which PCS, RMT, FBU and ASLEF attended – all unions must strike together to defend the NHS

Junior Doctors must not fight alone – TUC call a general strike!

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ALL day yesterday the junior doctors were under heavy attack with Tories demanding that their strike be made illegal and suggestions being made that...

Bank prints another £50bn!

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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee yesterday voted to increase its Quantitative Easing (printing money) programme by £50bn to a total of £325bn,...

Tories, Labour & SNP join forces to attack China!

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TORY Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s latest attack on China – suspending the UKs extradition treaty with the country, was supported by all Parties, turning...

Euro Arrest Warrant Out For Puigdemont!

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SPAIN’S state prosecutor yesterday requested a European arrest warrant for the deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and four of his former regional ministers...

BIG BANK SET TO FAIL – warns IMF former chief

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SPEAKING at a finance conference in Singapore yesterday, former IMF chief economist Ken Rogoff woke up slumbering listeners when he predicted: ...
Disabled people stormed Parliament yesterday, angry at the abolition of the Independent Living Fund (Picture: John McDonnell)

Disabled Occupy Parliament

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Disabled people occupied the Central Lobby of Parliament yesterday against the abolition of their Independent Living Fund (ILP). They attempted to storm parliament itself,...

3.7m FAMILIES ARE JOBLESS!

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THE UK economy will contract by 0.7 per cent this year, the OECD said yesterday, in a sharply revised prediction from that made in...

HONDA – 500 JOBS TO GO –wage cuts used to finance redundancies

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Honda announced 500 job cuts at its Swindon factory yesterday, just months after union leaders agreed to pay cuts in a deal to save...

Tory plan to replace school meals with ‘25p breakfasts’ slammed!

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TORY plans to replace free school lunches with free ‘breakfasts’, costed at 25p, for primary school children have been lambasted by the...

NATIONALISE BP NOW! – ‘stop tinkering at the edges’ demands Unite’s Graham

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‘NATIONALISE all the energy giants,’ the Unite union demanded yesterday after BP announced enormous July-September profits of £7.1 billion, more than double the profit...

Opposition leaders meeting to stop Brexit breaks up! – Javid insists on 31st...

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LABOUR moved a step closer to forming a national government yesterday with the Scottish and Welsh nationalists, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all...

‘Blatant complicity in genocide!’ – US vetoes UN ceasefire resolution

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HAMAS has condemned the US veto in the UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as ‘blatant complicity and active involvement in...

US workforce falls by 652,000

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THE US was shocked and shaken yesterday after learning that the workforce shrank by 652,000 jobs in the month of June alone. Former US Labour...
US troops humiliate a prisoner in Iraq

LONDON ALERT! – Police ordered to shoot to kill

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Yesterday, London was living off its nerves after reports of four explosions, three at underground stations and one on a bus. Police were given orders...

LABOUR POLICY TO BANKRUPT NHS TRUSTS say UNISON delegates

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Delegates at the UNISON National Delegate Conference in Glasgow yesterday said it was ‘government policy’ to drive NHS trusts into the red. Delegates slammed Labour...

Blair Whitewash –

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‘The way things are going they are going to wrap everything up – they are covering up everything,’ the cousin of murdered Brazilian Jean...

TUC leader calls for banning of zero-hour contracts

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YESTERDAY lunchtime TUC general secretary Paul Nowak gave a press conference ahead of the Congress. The main thing he talked about was the upcoming Employment...

‘Life or death’ ambulance crisis

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AN ACUTE lack of ambulances and paramedics has created a situation where 999 patients classed as ‘life threatening’ are waiting for up to...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers  attending yesterday’s Tribunal hearing

Ex-Military Used Against Gate Gourmet Workers

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YESTERDAY was the second day of the Employment tribunal for Gate Gourmet sacked workers where they are bringing their claim for unfair dismissal. Kay Collins,...
Local Enfield residents are determined to keep their local Chase Farm hospital open and will be marching today

‘we’ll Keep Chase Farm Open’

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‘I AM confident that we will see thousands on today’s march to keep Chase Farm Hospital open’, said Bill Rogers secretary of the...

Sunak’s £6,000 grants ‘are too little too late’ – as pubs and restaurants face...

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‘WE HAVE responded, I think generously today, the grants that we have outlined, up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants that we provided...
300 trade unionists and council housing campaigners descended on parliament yesterday to demand that the Housing and Planning Bill 2015 is scrapped

Kill the Housing Bill!

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‘DEFEND council housing! No social cleansing!’ shouted three hundred people demonstrating outside parliament yesterday as MPs debated the Housing and Planning Bill...

NHS workers immigration status victory – Home Office forced to U-turn yesterday morning!

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THE TORIES, under fire from all sides have had to make a U-turn on their policy over the immigration status of NHS workers. Until yesterday...

Record redundancies! – JobCentre claimants rise to 2.7m

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NEW OFFICE for National Statistics (ONS) figures released yesterday show a record rise in redundancies of 370,000 and a fall in the number of...

EU Extension Decision Due Today!

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PM Boris Johnson pulled out of a scheduled appearance before a panel of senior MPs yesterday morning, saying he has to ‘focus on delivering...