Hague Wary Of Russian Intervention
UK Foreign Secretary Hague yesterday said there needed to be ‘urgent’ action to ‘stave off an even more serious economic situation’ in Ukraine. He...
‘We want to work for NHS!’ – say striking pathology staff
PATHOLOGY staff struck for 24 hours yesterday, at King’s, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals in a determined struggle against venture capitalist encroachment in the...
Jaguar – 1300 Jobs To Go!
The Unite trade union yesterday confirmed it is in talks with Jaguar Land Rover over fears of a further 1,300 job cuts. Unite sent News...
BMA leader to condemn unreal government demands!
ADDRESSING the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this morning, Dr Mark Porter will reaffirm the BMA’s position on seven-day hospital services – that patients...
Tories scrap Leeds leg of HS2 – trade unions must take action
THE TUC, Unite, RMT, GMB, Aslef and TSSA all said yesterday that the Tories scrapping of the Leeds leg of the HS2 was a...
Hamas won’t agree to Israeli maps!
HAMAS has not approved ‘insufficient’ new maps presented by the Israeli side as part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza...
Hackney School Cleaners Holiday Rates Victory
HACKNEY school cleaners have hailed victory in a dispute over the failure to pay proper holiday rates. The settlement of the dispute at the six...
Mind Slams War On Vulnerable
MORE than half of claimants surveyed by mental health charity Mind say fear of having their Incapacity Benefit removed has led them...
Week-long Ealing Medirest strike going strong!
THERE was a strong picket of 80 striking GMB domestic workers, porters and caterers at Ealing Hospital yesterday morning. The workers were in their fourth...
Labour loses control of Oldham Council because of its support for the US-UK’s war...
THE Labour Party has lost control of Oldham Council after losing seats to Independents who support Palestine and are against the Israeli war on...
Israeli bulldozers demolishing the homes of Palestinians is a war crime!
ISRAELI bulldozers yesterday demolished Palestinian homes in Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa village, southeast of Tubas city. Mu’taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement activities in Tubas,...
‘I want to transform Capitalism’ says John McDonnell as he disowns Marx
LABOUR will not raise taxes for the vast majority of workers but will increase rates for those earning over £80,000, John McDonnell said yesterday. He...
NHS – CLOSE AND PRIVATISE SAYS CBI – as government welcomes report
Public sector union UNISON yesterday rejected a call from the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) for ‘failing’ hospitals to be closed and replaced...
34 Tories quit government positions
BORIS Johnson has insisted he will stay in office, despite a growing Tory revolt against his leadership. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he said he had...
UNSUSTAINABLE! – says EU Central Bank President Draghi
EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi yesterday warned eurozone leaders that current financial mechanisms are ‘unsustainable’. Addressing the European Parliament, Draghi asked: ‘Can the...
Armed Greek Riot Police End Occupation
At 8.00am on Thursday morning the armed Greek riot police invaded the building of the State Electricity Board (DEH) Computer Centre in Athens which...
Starmer Refuses To Rule Out Public Sector Cuts!
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for Parliament to be recalled so MPs can abandon last week’s mini-budget ‘before any more damage is...
Fingerprinting At Over 280 Schools
‘Schools should hold off until there is proper guidance,’ NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates told News Line yesterday. The teachers union leader was responding to...
Government Is Wasting Money On Free Schools – Say Teachers
TEACHING unions yesterday condemned the Tory-led coalition government’s free-school policy, as more than half a million families were discovering which primary schools their children...
Resident Doctors staging a full walkout from 7am today
RESIDENT doctors across England are staging a full walkout from 7am today until 6.59am tomorrow. The British Medical Association says years of pay erosion and...
Tories Launch Assault On Tata Pensions
TORY Business Secretary Sajid Javid in his opening statement to parliament yesterday outlined the assault that he is organising on Tata steel workers’ pensions,...
May Peddles Tory Charade
YESTERDAY PM Theresa May set out her ‘vision for Britain after Brexit’ in a key note speech to their party conference in Birmingham in...
Top Bosses Earn 120 Times A Worker’s Wage!
THE HIGH Pay Centre’s ‘High Pay Day’ research, published Wednesday, is evidence that the government must rebalance the economy after Covid-19 to make it...
Obama Threatens China!
US President Obama has angered China over his plans to expand the American military presence in Australia. In an address to the Australian Parliament yesterday...
YOU FACE DEFEAT – Hamas warns Israel
Nine more Israeli soldiers were injured in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, two of them seriously, as fierce fighting continued on the tenth day...
‘We Will Continue Our Struggle’ Say Greek Workers
TENS of thousands of public sector workers demonstrated in all the Greek major cities last Thursday as part of a 24-hour national strike called...
Greece mass rallies on Sunday!
THE Greek government’s spokesperson Gavriil Sakelarides stated yesterday morning that ‘he was optimistic of a deal’ with the European Commission by this Sunday. He said...
25,000 Civil Service jobs to be slashed by 6% cuts!
TRADE unions yesterday slammed Tory chancellor Phillip Hammond’s instruction to government departments to find spending cuts of up to 6% as part of plans...
NHS BUDGET CUTS PLAN – condemned by UNISON trade union
Public sector union Unison yesterday condemned government plans to incorporate donations from charities into NHS budgets. It is estimated the move will deprive cash-strapped NHS...
Police tasering mentally ill!
TWO-THIRDS of all people Tasered by the police in England and Wales between 2010 and 2014 were identified as mentally ill. The figures were made...
66% Of Students Refused Grants
Two-thirds of university entrants in England and Wales who applied for maintenance grants – designed to assist poorer students – were turned down, according...
Drive Virgin and all privateers out of NHS
VIRGIN Care has been awarded over £2bn of NHS contracts in the last five years alone, ringing alarm bells over the further privatisation of...
‘FAILING TOO MANY PUPILS!’ – biggest Academy chain in England condemned
THE biggest academy chain in England has been accused by Ofsted of ‘failing too many pupils’. Inspectors say that almost half of pupils at secondary...
7,000 March With Merseyside Firefighters
Merseyside has the potential to become a national dispute,’ FBU President Ruth Winters told a mass rally at the end of a 7,000-strong demonstration...
MAY DAY MANIFESTO: BUSH AND BLAIR IN CRISIS – as workers throughout the world...
MAY DAY 2006 is historic. It is taking place in a period of an enormous crisis of world capitalism and rapidly developing world revolution. This crisis...
No fire cover at night in Surrey!
SURREY County Council has announced shocking plans to shut three fire stations at night, axe 70 firefighters’ jobs and halve the fire cover at...
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...
Record redundancies! – JobCentre claimants rise to 2.7m
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...
NHS contracts to be imposed
NHS England Medical Director Keogh has announced that hospitals are to be forced to change the consultant contract and institute so-called ‘seven day working’...
Peckham Public Meeting: Quit EU in October! – October 24th, 2019
News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st!
For a workers government and...
Israel F-16 planes bomb houses close to Kamal Adwan hospital
DIRECTOR of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, said that Christmas Eve was one of the most difficult nights in Kamal Adwan Hospital...
350 London Transit workers on two days strike over pay
OVER 350 workers employed by London Transit bus company are taking strike action today and Monday after rejecting the company’s latest pay offer. ‘We are...
Sixth Day Of Strike Action Against £2,500 Pay Cuts Per Annum!
UNITE members at RATP London United yesterday held their sixth day of strike action against £2,500 per annum pay cuts being imposed by French...
Clashes In Athens
Clashes broke out yesterday between police and demonstrators across Greece as marchers commemorated the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Alexis...
Millions fear eviction!
OVER three million people fear missing rent or mortgage payments this January because of ‘sky high housing costs’, putting them at risk of...


















