Huddersfield Royal Infirmary protest – one of the thousands of demonstrations against the cuts in the NHS

‘Patients dying prematurely’ DOCTORS TELL MAY SHE HAS FAILED THE NHS!

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SENIOR doctors in charge of more than 60 hospital emergency departments have written to the prime minister warning of ‘very serious concerns’ about patient...

Unite calls May Day NHS strike NHS – St Thomas’ & Yorks Ambulance to...

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LONDON'S Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust will be the first to walk out in new wave of...

Inflation Lets Rip!

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Inflation rose to 4.8 per cent in March, according to the latest RPIX index – which includes all items excluding mortgage interest payments. The latest...

3,700 Palestinians killed in 60 days

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THE Israeli military has continued its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for 60 days now, during which 2,400 of the...
Hands off Syria’ demonstration in London in 2013 when former PM Cameron’s vote for bombing was defeated in Parliament – PM May has bypassed Parliament to authorise military action

‘PM accountable to Parliament not U.S.’ says Labour leader Corbyn

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‘THIS STATEMENT serves as a reminder that this Prime Minister is accountable to this Parliament, not to the whims of the US President,’ Labour...

On-line GP consultations dangerous & ineffective

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BUCKETS of cold water have been poured on Tory plans for patients to see their GP over the internet rather than face-to-face. The pilot...
Banners of the campaigns of the Mark Duggan and Sean Rigg families on a United Families and Friends demonstration

Duggan family wins Judicial Review

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Mark Duggan’s family has won the right to challenge last year’s coroner’s court verdict that he was lawfully killed when he was shot dead...

Call general strike to stop arms to Israel!

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OVER 50,000 workers, students and youth marched through central London from Russell Square to Whitehall on Saturday afternoon demanding ‘Free, Free Palestine!’ With the Israeli...

Biden threatens to cut off military support for Israel

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AFTER widespread outrage over the United States’ continued backing of Israel’s devastating year-long genocidal assault on Gaza, several media outlets reported on Tuesday that...

‘More doctors needed, not less’

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THE BRITISH Medical Association (BMA) has condemned the Labour government’s draft NHS England workforce plan, which embraces low staffing levels, and replaces doctors with...

BUDGET DAY STRIKE VOTE! – PCS votes 61% in favour

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CIVIL Servants have voted by a massive 61% majority in favour of strike action in their fight for a pay rise of £1,200, or...

MAY’S WAR ON MIGRANTS! – condemned by Institute of Directors

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‘WE MUST work to control immigration and put Britian first,’ Tory Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday, stepping up her war on refugees. The economic...
Hospital doctors and GPs at BMA Annual Meeting which decided to look after the NHS and fight against privatisation

‘Take Basildon Back Under NHS Control’

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Public sector trade union Unison yesterday called for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to be taken back under NHS control. It also...

Russia for negotiated ceasefire! – ‘There will be no joining NATO!’

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THE RUSSIAN Ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, held a press conference in New York yesterday during which he made it clear that...

TPP pushed through!

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THE HATED anti-working class, pro-privatisation ‘Trans-Pacific Partnership’ deal was pushed through yesterday, in the teeth of opposition. Leaders from a dozen countries agreed the trade...
Demonstrators in London last May against Labour’s immigration controls

Byrne Announces Immigration Crackdown!

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Immigration minister Liam Byrne yesterday announced that all visitors to Britain requiring a visa are now having their fingerprints taken in their home country. Byrne...

SEND families take Tories to High Court over funding

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PARENTS taking the government to court over SEND funding were cheered by a crowd of over 40 as they entered the High Court yesterday...

UK unemployment surges! – while IFS predicts debt to GDP of 110%

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THE UK unemployment rate has surged to its highest level in over three years to 4.5% in the three months to August, compared with...

SNP 2nd Scottish Referendum

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‘I WILL now take the steps necessary to make sure that Scotland will have the choice at the end of this process,’ Scottish Nationalist...
Two MPs, Stephen Pound and Andy Slaughter, on a lobby to stop the closure of four key District General Hospitals in west London

NHS Boss Calls To Close More Hospitals!

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MIKE Farrar, the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, has spoken out for the closing of more hospitals. He also condemned MPs who respond...

RCM, Unison strike ballot!

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FOR the first time in history midwives are uniting with other health workers to ballot for strike action, in an escalating fight over...

Heads Denounce Ofsted ‘Bully Boys’

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Head teachers yesterday denounced Ofsted’s ‘bully boy tactics’ and sent a strong message to the chief inspector (HMCI) of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, in...
Mothers demonstrate outside the House of Commons against government benefit cuts

Food Bank donations soar 1000% after Mail attack

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FOOD bank donations have soared 1,000% in response to the ‘utterly vile’ Mail on Sunday attack on food banks, a charity revealed yesterday. The Trussell...

NHS staff ‘exhausted & on the brink!’ – BMA

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A YEAR of unparalleled pressure has left staff exhausted and on the brink, a just-released BMA survey shows. Thousands of doctors have revealed the impact...

‘People are ready to take General Strike action now’ says ASLEF’s General Secretary Mick...

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‘PEOPLE are ready to take general strike action now,’ train drivers union Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan told News Line yesterday. Speaking at the Euston...
The health trade unions and the BMA are now on the front line of the struggle to defend the NHS and the Welfare State

NHS Trusts Making Huge Multi-Million Cuts

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More than 400 posts are at risk at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust as part of proposals to save £30 million in the...

‘Immense’ London-wide Tube station staff strike today!

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‘MONDAY’S action will be immense and there will be more of the same if London Underground (LU) continues its attacks,’ leading RMT officer Carlos...

Labour Shadow Ministers Prepared To Join Nurses On The Picket Line!

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WITH THE Royal College of Nursing launching a £35 million strike fund to defeat the Tory government’s 1% NHS pay insult at the weekend,...

OCCUPY ELLESMERE PORT says ATUA National Secretary

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Workers at the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire are bracing themselves for today’s expected announcement by owners GM of 1,000 job cuts. Trade union...

Cuts force refugee centre to close

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A VITAL Refugee Centre in Sheffield is facing immediate closure, right at the time it is needed the most. Tory cuts have ravaged the ...

‘KEEP YOUR PROMISES’ – US unions tell Obama

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American trade unions who campaigned for Barack Obama’s landslide election victory, yesterday told the new US president to keep his promises to working families. Service...

Families are struggling with cost of living admits Reeves

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FOOD, clothing, footwear, fuel, non-alcoholic drinks, alcohol, tobacco, and gig & play tickets all rose at a faster pace last month, leading to another...
Junior doctors on the picket line during their strike in 2015 – they are often exhausted says the General Medical Council (GMC)

Junior doctors ‘burned out’ GMC

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NEARLY a quarter of junior doctors say their work makes them feel ‘burnt out’, and almost one-in-three says they are often ‘exhausted’ in the...

Five elite Israeli soldiers killed and 2 wounded in Khan Younis

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FIVE elite Israeli soldiers were killed and at least two others wounded in Khan Younis on Friday after a building collapsed during a resistance...

‘Underhand’ plan to fire 50 Kent dockers

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‘UNDERHAND’ plans to fire 50 GB Terminals workers who unload and process Volkswagens at Sheerness docks in Kent have been slammed as a ‘sneaky...

Joint Statement From Gmb And Laboursource

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GMB and LabourSource Ltd have reached agreement over the pay, conditions and treatment of the company's migrant workforce that resolves all misunderstandings and issues...

NHS Being Driven Backwards

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The Royal College of Nursing yesterday called for a halt to the closure of hospital beds until trusts can clearly demonstrate that alternative, tried...

Palestinians ready to break off all relations with the USA and to report Israel...

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ISRAELI Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier pledged to ensure the extension of Israeli sovereignty to the Jewish settlements of the Jordan Valley after US Secretary...

Dozens of civilians killed in Palestine

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ISRAELI Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for the 642nd consecutive day on Wednesday. Using airstrikes, artillery shelling and live...
Demonstration in Barnet against the sell-off of all the council’s services

Council services to close en masse!

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LIBRARIES, children’s centres, leisure centres and other vital services such as refuse collection and road maintenance will be axed as a result of ...
North East London Council of Action demonstration in Enfield last June demanding that Chase Farm Hospital be kept open

ONE IN THREE A&Es TO CLOSE

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One in three NHS accident and emergency departments could close across London, documents seen by the BBC have revealed. Eleven A&E units are under threat...

‘INDUSTRIAL SCALE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY’ by Murdoch press – says Charlotte Church

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MURDOCH'S News Group Newspapers (NGN) ‘are not truly sorry, only sorry they got caught,’ Charlotte Church insisted in a devastating statement outside the High...

Half A Million Are Starving In Gaza!

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MORE than half a million people are starving in Gaza, the United Nations Relief Works and Agency (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP) and Gaza’s...
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...

‘Distortion of reality!’ – Iran condemns Rubio threats

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PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasised that Iran makes no decision without the approval of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. Pezeshkian made...