‘There will be no limits for this war’ says Israel
ISRAELI Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says security forces will have ‘full freedom’ to act after two Israelis were shot dead in an attack in...
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...
‘Trying to hide widespread criminality!’ MP Watson accuses Ex-NI advisor Crone
THE former News International legal manager Tom Crone was yesterday accused by Labour MP Tom Watson of ‘trying to conceal widespread criminality’ at...
OCCUPY GM! – defend every job says ATUA Secretary Wiltshire
German workers are holding ‘warning strikes’ today over General Motors scrapping the sale of GM Europe, which includes Opel and Vauxhall, to Magna. The GM...
London Metropolitan University Occupied
THE University and College Union (UCU) yesterday called for a public enquiry into the failings of London Metropolitan University (LMU) as students from the...
PLYMOUTH HOUSING TRANSFER – ‘fraught with dangers’ warns Unite
‘We continue to believe that stock transfer is fraught with financial hazards,’ Unite said yesterday after it was announced that Plymouth council tenants have...
Zionists kill 10 sheltering at UNRWA school in Gaza!
AT LEAST ten people in a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), located in the Rimal...
‘A PAY CUT OF 7-10 PER CENT’ – NHS unions don’t rule out industrial...
Fourteen trade unions representing nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers, occupational therapists and other NHS staff have joined forces to challenge the government’s 1.5 per cent limit...
‘Scrap the charges for overseas NHS staff!’ – say Doctors for the NHS
AFTER lauding NHS workers as ‘heroes’ and giving them ‘a clap’ the Tories have upped the amount that overseas NHS and care workers and...
Unions must defend NHS!
‘SAVE Chase Farm Occupy Now! Whose hospital? Our Hospital!’ More than 200 marchers chanted these slogans as they moved onto the Chase Farm Hospital site...
NO TWO TIER NHS! – RBS ‘conditional philanthropy’ rejected
Plans to bring one of the world’s most advanced health scanners to Edinburgh risk creating a two-tier NHS, senior health economist, Professor Allyson Pollock,...
HORRIFIC INJUSTICE! – Alder family will not give up
LIBERTY this week asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to determine if Christopher Alder’s death in police custody has been properly investigated...
Palestinian Killed At Point Blank Range
VIDEO footage has emerged showing a Palestinian being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier at point-blank range despite lying motionless and severely...
47m medical records sold to insurance companies!
UNISON and the GMB yesterday reacted angrily to the revelation that the hospital records of 47 million NHS patients have been sold to insurance...
Bank of Cyprus occupied!
Thousands of Bank of Cyprus employees remained in occupation of the bank’s Nicosia headquarters in defence of their jobs yesterday, after hearing that the...
Homeless squatters are ‘criminals’
SQUATTING in a residential building in England and Wales has become a criminal offence, meaning squatters would face six months in jail, a £5,000...
Birmingham bin strike Megapicket
Thirty-five Labour MPs have written a letter in support of the striking Birmingham bin workers ahead of their MEGAPICKET on Friday. Many hundreds of trade...
Academies Out!
‘Academies are about Blair’s obsession with privatisation’, said NUT president Baljeet Ghale yesterday during a visit to the anti-academy occupation at the sports ground...
British drones may be used in illegal Yemen war
DEFENCE Secretary Philip Hammond has refused to rule out the possibility that Britain will join the US’ covert drone programme in Yemen, despite...
Netanyahu warrant
A JUDGE in Spain has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven other former and current Israeli officials over...
Rising Uni Drop-Out Rate
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...
BA Cabin Crew Fighting Poverty Pay!
‘WILLIE, Willie, Willie – Out, Out Out!’ rang out on picket lines around Heathrow Airport in West London yesterday morning, as thousands of British...
Tory Bill will ‘kill social housing’ warn councils
THE new Tory Housing and Planning Bill will ‘kill social housing’ a leading West Midlands councillor Frank Allen warned yesterday. All over the country council...
‘WE WANT A GENERAL STRIKE!’ – say striking Mail Centre workers
AT THE Mail Centre in East London pickets were out in force yesterday along with a marquee and a barbecue. Jon Ayres, the drivers’...
Junior Doctors fighting for NHS!
‘ACTION now to defend the NHS!’ demand thousands of Junior Doctors as they begin another three-day strike at 7.00am today. At the end of it...
5,000 A YEAR BEING MADE HOMELESS – as unsecured consumer debt reaches £160 bn
MORE than 5,000 people a year are being made ‘homeless’ as a household debt crisis deepens, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) warned yesterday. More...
Al Sweedy witchhunt!
DEFENCE Minister Fallon yesterday announced that there would be an investigation into solicitors who represented Iraqi complainants at the Al Sweedy inquiry. He made...
ESCALATE ACTION – as Oxford walk out
‘WE ARE going to escalate the strike action,’ a Communication Workers Union spokeswoman told News Line yesterday evening. However, she added that after a long...
‘WE HAVE TO BE READY TO OCCUPY’ – St Ann’s joins Chase Farm picket
‘IT’S been one of our best pickets yet, now we have to be ready to occupy,’ North East London Council of Action Secretary Bill...
£1bn NHS underspend
Public sector union UNISON yesterday called for a ‘fresh start’ in response to a forecasted £983m surplus in the NHS. Mike Jackson, Senior National Officer...
1.2 million miss out on daily school meal!
THE Children’s Society is warning that 1.2 million children living below the poverty line in England miss out on a school meal each day. Some...
‘WE WILL STRIKE WITH NURSES!’ say Manchester bus strikers
‘THE SUPPORT has been amazing,’ striker Peter Gleaves told News Line at the Queens Road Depot in Manchester yesterday, where Go North West bus...
‘Decade of cuts has undermined Fire Service’ – FBU
AN outbreak of coronavirus has left Surrey firefighters struggling to maintain fire cover after their brigade management failed to properly implement vital health and...
KIDS GOING INTO SCHOOL HUNGRY! – Parents, children & teachers lobby Downing Street
THE STATE education system in this country and the health service in this country are valued very highly by the vast majority of people...
THIRD YEAR OF WAGE FREEZING! – time to bring down coalition
Yesterday, local government employers confirmed that they are to impose a pay freeze for the third year running on 1.6 million council workers. Unison, Unite...
Destruction of Gaza Cultural Centre condemned by leading playwrights!
IN A LETTER to the British press, fourteen leading UK playwrights and theatre directors, have condemned the destruction of the Said al-Mishal Cultural Centre...
‘REJECT THIS DEAL! – THEY ARE TRYING TO BREAK OUR UNITY’ – Gate Gourmet...
‘THEY are trying to break our unity. We reject this deal,’ Gate Gourmet picket Mrs Gill said yesterday. She was responding to proposals brought forward...
£2,000 A Year Price Rise For Meals-On-Wheels!
HARROW Unison local government branch has launched a campaign against Harrow Council’s plans to increase its charges for its Meals on Wheels service by...
LIBYA DEFIANT! – After Gadaffi assassination attempt fails
‘DOWN, DOWN Cameron, Down, Down Sarkozy, Down Down Obama,’ chanted hundreds of angry Libyan students outside 10 Downing Street yesterday afternoon, holding up pictures...
Assange to be Extradited!
THE HIGH Court ruled yesterday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, where he faces a sentence...
Cameron won’t fire Hunt
RUPERT Murdoch was questioned at the Leveson Inquiry yesterday about meetings held with prime minister Cameron before and after News Corporation’s June 2010 takeover...
Hundreds of us are fighting for reinstatement
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers were on the picket line yesterday determined to take their struggle forward to victory. Shop steward Gurdip Heer told News...
Hostile Environment – Youth targeted & charged £2,033 every 30 months
THE TORIES’ Hostile Environment is alive and kicking with a new extortionate fee of £2,033 charged every 30 months, targeting people whose immigration status...
‘SERIOUS DANGER TO PATIENT SAFETY’ –from Ambulance Service privatisation
Public service union, Unison has warned of the serious dangers to patient safety if the Ambulance Services are privatised. This comes after the East of...