NHS Is Reeling As Staff Sickness Grows
THE NHS is reeling under the weight of staff absences, with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warning that up to a quarter of...
‘We’ll have the last word’ say Greek youth
THOUSANDS of Greek school and university students took part in militant anti-government and anti-police marches in all the major cities last Friday to commemorate...
NHS hospital managers must be accountable! say BMA consultants
THE lead consultant on the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked said yesterday that hospital managers should be regulated in a similar way to...
Gate Gourmet Tribunal Opens
THE first day of the Employment Tribunal for Gate Gourmet sacked workers took place yesterday in Reading, where they are challenging the company over...
REMOVE THESE LEADERS! Postal – workers react to ‘Interim Agreement’
Postal workers yesterday reacted angrily when details of the ‘interim agreement’ reached between the Communication Workers Union (CWU ) leadership and the Royal Mail...
Israel bombs Beirut suburb – kills 5, injures dozens
THE Israeli occupation army assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb yesterday, killing and injuring about two dozen civilians...
PM May assures Trump over trade deal with US
‘WE WANT to trade with the UK, and the UK wants to trade with us. We are by far their biggest trading partner and...
TANKS ON ATHENS STREETS PREDICTS McSHANE
The British MP Denis McShane has given a serious warning about the situation in Greece. He said: ‘When I first visited Greece I saw...
COUNCIL TAX DEBT SOARING – reports Citizens Advice
COUNCIL tax debt is the fastest-growing form of debt, Citizens Advice reported yesterday, revealing that it has now become the number one debt problem...
STAND FIRM! Airport trades unionists urge Gate Gourmet workers
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers got great support yesterday as they campaigned at the TGWU office in Hillingdon to defeat the sell-out Compromise Agreement. Mohammed...
‘THE TORIES MUST GO NOW!’ – insist striking radiographers
THERE was a lively and determined picket of members of the Society of Radiographers (SoR) King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, south east London on...
Royal Mail Bosses’ Bonus Scandal
Postal workers yesterday condemned as ‘obscene’ over £10m in ‘performance-related bonus’ payments to Royal Mail executives for pushing through ‘efficiency savings’. Royal Mail Group has...
Cameron-Heseltine-Tuc Unholy Alliance
The TUC has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will adopt most of Tory former deputy prime minister Heseltine’s plans for the privatisation...
Arrogant Barnier to ‘teach British a lesson!’
EU COMMISSION chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, gave a master class in arrogance yesterday as he looked down his nose at the UK...
Young Socialists Summer Festival [Postponed] – August 3rd, 2019
Postponed a week until Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Doors open from midday Near Hoxton Market at St. John’s Church, Pitfield Street, N1 6NP Great bargains Live...
Wrack Condemns Backstabber Khan
FIRE Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack yesterday responded to London mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to backstab Corbyn and urge Labour voters to ditch...
NO! TO BAA BLANKET BAN – climate change camp going ahead
The High Court yesterday refused to grant British Airports Authority (BAA) a blanket ban on protests in and around Heathrow airport that would have...
Coulson In Custody!
Police investigating phone hacking and corruption allegations yesterday arrested former News of the World editor Andy Coulson. Former News of the World royal editor Clive...
Riot Police Beat Kos Migrants
HUNDREDS of migrants have been coralled in scorching temperatures in a makeshift reception centre at a sports stadium on the Greek island of Kos. Hundreds...
US government shutdown – Trump threatens mass sackings
THE United States government shut down yesterday after last-ditch efforts by lawmakers to pass a spending bill failed. Speaking to reporters at the White House,...
Global Free Trade Worst Crisis Since 1947
THE HEAD of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said yesterday that global free trade is facing its ‘worst crisis’ since 1947. Roberto Azevedo said that...
Building materials will not be fire tested!
EVEN in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the government has refused to put an end to ‘light touch regulation’ and it still...
‘Cold War mentality’ – China slams UK, US & Australia’s new imperialist alliance
THE UK, US and Australia have announced a security pact in the Asia-Pacific, to step up their war against China. China’s embassy in Washington...
Visteon Talks Delay!
SACKED Visteon workers yesterday said that they had stopped 17 employees of the liquidator, KPMG, entering the plant in the morning who were seeking...
‘We continue to picket, despite the cold!’
Locked Out Gate Gourmet workers are calling on all trade unionists to attend their Conference in London on Sunday the 29th of January. More than...
Unions at No 10 appeal to May
‘WHAT I did is to appeal to the Prime Minister,’ Dave Prentis, leader of Unison said as he came out of number 10 Downing...
Wrp Election Office Opens
WALTHAMSTOW’S WRP election premises were opened on Thursday evening to a loud cheer from campaigners and supporters who had gathered outside the shop. Workers Revolutionary...
No ceasefire talks until Israel ends ‘hunger war’ says Hamas
HAMAS will not engage in new ceasefire talks with Israel, as long as the regime continues its ‘hunger war’ against Palestinians in Gaza. Basem Naim, Hamas political...
Bush Boosts Troop Levels
US President George Bush yesterday announced a permanent increase in the size of the US Army and US Marines. He made it clear that the...
Hundreds protest in Chicago against Israeli raids
HUNDREDS of protesters took part in a rally at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in the United States yesterday, in protest...
Labour tinkers with capitalism – won’t break with EU & won’t scrap Universal Credit
LABOUR’S leaked General Election Manifesto starts with a declaration that ‘Labour understands that wealth creation is a collective endeavour – between investors, workers, public...
‘It’s Time To Fight!’
THE Tory-LibDem Coalition plans to abolish the right of workers to claim unfair dismissal and bring in an employers right to sack workers without...
British Gas engineers strike as bosses carry out ‘fire & rehire’
FORTY striking pickets gathered at the Gas Training Centre in Dartford yesterday, to protest against the ‘Fire and Rehire’ policy of Centrica, who now...
HUGE RISES IN COST OF LIVING – make unions fight for above inflation rises
Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation, which includes mortgage interest payments, rose to 4.1 per cent last month, from 4 per cent in December. However even...
‘Obsessive’ Grammars Slammed
CHIEF Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw has criticised Tory PM Theresa May’s ‘obsessive’ plan to approve a new wave of selective grammar schools...
Bank Of England Panic Rate Cut
A realisation of the depth of the slump, yesterday drove the Bank of England to make a panic 1.5% cut in interest rates...
STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT! – Labour insists maintain £20 uplift
‘REDUCING Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit would be fundamentally the wrong decision. It would be a profound mistake and put millions of families...
Stop Torture Bring Binyam Home
A DEMONSTRATION outside the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square central London yesterday afternoon demanded the immediate release of Binyam Mohamed from Guantanamo Bay. ‘Binyam must...
Aziz Defends Saddam
IRAQ’s former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz took the witness stand Wednesday to defend Saddam Hussein and his associates from charges that they massacred...
‘We must come together to stop no-deal’ – says Labour leader Corbyn
‘WE MUST come together to stop no-deal. This week could be the last chance. We are working with other parties to do everything necessary...
‘Defend GP Practices’ – BMA
THE BMA and GPs have condemned the way that NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are treating GP Practices. Dr...
MASS PICKET – a huge success say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers
AROUND 150 locked-out Gate Gourmet workers and their supporters – including members of the PCS, CWU, UNISON and Amicus trade unions – staged a...
NO MORE WAITING – demand Gate Gourmet workers
GATE Gourmet pickets said yesterday they were fed up with waiting. They poured scorn on a Transport and General Workers Union plea to British Airways...
Winter A&E Crisis Now All Year Round
THE Royal College of Emergency Medicine yesterday welcomed the findings of the report into the pressures facing emergency departments throughout the winter. The report finds...