Starmer poised to clash with unions over pay rise demands
LABOUR PM Keir Starmer is poised for a clash with the unions after downplaying the likelihood of real-terms pay rises for public sector workers...
Bank admits undercover EU exit probe
THE Bank of England was yesterday exposed as planning to deceive the public over research it is carrying out into the financial risks of...
‘No To A Race To The Bottom’
‘Walsh isn’t interested in compromise. This is our eighth day on strike and it has gone on to a different level’. British Airway’s cabin...
Secret STPs danger to patients
THE Hospital Consultants and Specialists association (HCSA) is warning of the impact on patient care as Hospital Doctors are ‘shut out’ of the secret...
JOINT ENTERPRISE–JURIES HAVE BEEN MISDIRECTED!– hundreds of appeals now expected
JUDGES have misdirected juries in murder trials for thirty years, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that ‘joint...
Mass Picket A Great Success
‘We want our jobs back! No to the Compromise Agreement! Kick out Gate Gourmet!’ shouted 150 locked out Gate Gourmet workers and supporters...
Stop privatising Barnet!
BARNET Unison members were in determined mood yesterday as they began their 24-hour strike against privatisation of all Barnet Council services. The dispute involves social...
NHS PAY OFFER – Looks to divide and rule
‘I will be recommending members reject the new pay offer,’ UNISON Oxfordshire health branch chairman Mark Ladbrooke told News Line yesterday. He was commenting on...
Corbyn won’t back ‘illegal’ striking workers!
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday refused to back or oppose the Tory plan for a two-year transition period after the March 2019 withdrawal from...
42,728 evictions in 2015!
42,728 evictions in 2015 are ‘clear proof of the devastating impact that welfare cuts and the chronic shortage of affordable homes are having on...
Rcn Rejects NHS Charges!
NURSES at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Annual Congress in Liverpool voted by a massive 91% majority against NHS charging yesterday. Delegates at the...
No private ambulances!
THE local community, backed by Unison, has launched a campaign to stop the privatisation of the patient transport service (PTS) within Greater Manchester. At a...
‘Criminal Investigation’ –Into Death Of Ian Tomlinson
THE Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) yesterday afternoon announced a ‘criminal investigation’ into the death of Ian Tomlinson. Home Secretary Jaqui Smith had conceded earlier...
‘The Israeli killing machine must be brought to a halt!’
HAMAS has outlined the group’s counterproposal to a draft truce deal worked on by Qatar, Egypt, Israel, and the US. ‘The proposal was received by...
‘Nurses Treating People In Car Parks!’
‘WE HAVE seen nurses spending their entire shifts treating people in car parks because of backed up ambulances, we know the prime minister recognises...
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...
Pro-Palestine prisoners to go on hunger strike!
A LETTER was delivered to the Home Office yesterday, informing it of a forthcoming hunger-strike by pro-Palestine prisoners held in British jails. The prisoners are...
500,000 WILL STRIKE ON MAY 10 – says Serwotka
Half a million workers will be taking strike action on May 10th, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told the mass rally at the end...
A SHATTERING BLOW TO NATO – Crowds cheer Saif al-Islam
BRITISH soldiers are set to be sent to Libya it has emerged, with Downing Street repeatedly refusing to rule out deploying ground troops...
One in ten in ‘insecure’ work!
THE NUMBER of zero-hours contract and low-paid self-employed workers has rocketed by a quarter since 2011 to three million, new research released yesterday by...
‘Save our NHS!’ – Huddersfield, Banbury, Stafford and Grantham join NHS campaigners in London...
‘ALL the unions should take part in a Day of Action for the NHS,’ Steve Mathan of Hands Off HRI told News Line yesterday. Over...
Mugabe Resigns!!
‘ROBERT Mugabe has handed me his letter of resignation,’ the speaker of Zimbabwe’s Parliament announced yesterday, sparking wild celebrations. Cheers, singing, shouting and dancing erupted...
RMT pickets call for general strike!
MICK LYNCH issued a defiant message from the RMT picket line at Euston Station in central London yesterday morning, saying: ‘I’ve just heard Huw...
Netanyahu’s ‘reshaping of Asia has been shattered’ – Hamas
THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the ceasefire Israel eventually clinched with Hezbollah has shattered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘illusion’ of reshaping West Asia...
Nurses Very Angry Over The Big Pay Sell-Out!
THE HEAD of the Royal College of Nursing has apologised after nurses in England complained of being ‘misled’ over the new pay deal. The union...
Assange wins High Court ruling
THE HIGH Court in London yesterday ruled in favour of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s right to appeal against the UK court ruling approving his...
May uses courts against prison officers!
THE government was in the High Court yesterday where it won an injunction against striking prison staff. The court ordered prison staff to return to...
PLANS TO PUNISH JOBLESS! – by Policy Exchange think-tank
Civil servants union PCS yesterday condemned the latest attack on the unemployed by the Cameron-favoured right-wing Policy Exchange think-tank. Following its latest study, the Policy...
‘A FAILURE OF DUTY’ – Surgeons president Ribeiro quits junior doctors talks
Bernard Ribeiro, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, has announced his withdrawal from the crisis talks about the selection of junior doctors for...
Self defence forces take action!
SELF DEFENCE forces have confirmed they attacked a Ukrainian military helicopter at an airfield in eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. A plume of smoke...
100% behind Jeremy Corbyn says BFAWU, RMT, ASLEF, PCS, GMB and FBU
‘I AM absolutely 100% behind Jeremy Corbyn,’ BFAWU Bakers Union General Secretary Ronnie Draper told News Line yesterday, as the attempted coup by a...
Downing Street Warning To Climate Change Camp
Police yesterday stopped and searched youth arriving for the Camp for Climate Change a mile away from the protest camp at the northern perimeter...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers win support
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers, fighting for reinstatement on their original terms and conditions, had a successful day of campaigning yesterday for their...
Rock-solid college strike!
‘THIS is a national one-day pay strike. We haven’t had a pay rise for six years – which represents a 17 per cent pay...
SLUMP DEEPENS –Coalition vows to continue permanent austerity
THE SLUMP deepened dramatically in the UK in the year’s second quarter. Official figures showed yesterday that output fell by a startling 0.7% between...
RMT Pledges ‘Fierce Resistance’ To Attempt To Reduce Rights!
‘Grant Shapps needs to stop smearing the RMT and unshackle the rail operating companies so they can come to a negotiated settlement that can...
‘Performance-related’ pay NHS deal must be rejected!
GMB rightly recommended their members to reject the Tory government’s NHS pay offer, as a 6.5% pay increase over three years, when compared with...
Health workers fight local pay-cutting plan!
HEALTH trade union members in Bristol will be protesting outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary on Tuesday, 30 October against plans by the South West...
‘Abysmal response’ to corona – experts warn antibody tests are ‘invalid’
EXPERTS have heavily criticised the Tories’ ‘ad hoc system’ for coronavirus tracking, testing and contact tracing, stating that the government’s ‘abysmal response’ means that...
NURSES TAKE LABOUR TO COURT! –to stop the privatisation of NHS Primary Care Services
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday began a legal challenge to government plans to privatise the NHS by abolishing the role of Primary...
‘Today we set out to transform Britain’ says Corbyn
AT THE party’s manifesto launch in Bradford yesterday Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: ‘Today we set out a vision to transform Britain for the...
US FORCES WILL NOT ENGAGE IN UKRAINE! says President Biden
PRESIDENT Biden has assured American lawmakers that US military personnel will not be taking part in the war in Ukraine, and not a single...
Birmingham bin strike escalates! – Unite condemns ‘disgraceful use of unlawful labour’
NEARLY 400 Birmingham refuse workers began indefinite strike action yesterday over the scrapping of the waste collection and recycling officer role (WRCO), which has...
BOYCOTT COMMISSIONING! – BMA GPs hit out at Coalition
A SURVEY of GPs has shown that over half support the BMA organising a boycott of commissioning, with a sizeable minority supporting strike action...
Increase of maternal deaths a tragic indictment of the lack of government investment!
THE ‘STATISTICALLY significant’ increase in maternal deaths reported on Thursday by MBRRACE-UK is a tragic indication of a lack of government investment in maternity...