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NHS IS FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL! says the British Medical Association

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Public sector union UNISON yesterday again urged the government to stop the privatisation of the NHS. Commenting on a warning by Audit Commission chairman James...
Part of the mass lobby of the law courts by 100 firefighters midday yesterday to stop Mayor Johnson’s savage cuts

100 firefighters picket courts! – to stop closure of 10 London fire stations and...

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OVER 100 firefighters picketed the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday against the decision to close ten fire stations in London and cut 552 jobs...
Supporters of Babar Ahmad outside the High Court in London fighting his extradition to the US. They fear Babar could end up in Guantánamo Bay

Labour refusing Guantánamo Bay British residents

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The lawyer acting for ten UK residents being held at Guantánamo Bay has said the US authorities would send them home now if the...
Striking lecturers and masses of students were addressed yesterday by Chris Townsend representing the student occupation

Lecturers more resolute than ever

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STUDENTS and other supporters at the University of Sheffield rallied outside Firth Court yesterday and welcomed Chris Townsend, representing the three-day-old student occupation of...

‘A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS SITUATION!’ – Brown pledges to work on the side of...

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‘THIS is a difficult and dangerous situation for the world economy,’ Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday in an interview for the ‘Observer’ newspaper. Brown...

‘SET A SPEEDY UNILATERAL DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ’ TUC demands of Blair government

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THE Trades Union Congress yesterday voted unanimously to ‘call on the British government to set its own unilateral date for an early and speedy...

Support grows for Sweeney!

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WRP parliamentary candidate Frank Sweeney’s campaign team were out meeting workers and youth at Bruce Grove in Tottenham yesterday. They met Ibrahim who told News...

‘Pandora’s Box is about to be opened’ says BMA’s Banfield He adds: ‘This is...

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DOCTORS are under attack financially, professionally and morally, and calling an election doesn’t get the government off the hook, British Medical Association leader Professor...
Marchers on last October’s TUC demonstration against the coalition’s austerity measures

Food Prices Causing Widespread Stress!

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ONE-THIRD of the UK population struggles to pay for food, with almost a quarter saying that growing food prices remain one of the main...

GPs REFUSE TO CHARGE PATIENTS

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GPs FROM across the UK yesterday resoundingly rejected calls to introduce a charge for access to general practice. The proposal was debated and voted...

Capitalist debt transferred to the poor – McDonnell indicts Spring Statement

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‘I AM pleased to report to the House on a UK economy that has grown in every year since 2010,’ Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond...

Cameron Is Facing A ‘Bare-Knuckle Fight’ – Over Privatisation Plan

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Trade unions yesterday reacted angrily to prime minister Cameron’s declaration of war on the public sector. Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Cameron said the...
NHS workers on last October’s TUC demonstration demanding a ‘Living Wage’ and no NHS cuts

NHS Funding Cuts Rejected!

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IN AN unprecedented move, NHS hospital trust managers have rejected plans for next year’s NHS payment system, warning that they cannot any longer guarantee...

Tories unleash savage cuts on South Western Railway – RMT launches week of action...

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TRANSPORT union the RMT is stepping up its campaign today against ‘swingeing cuts’ on South Western Railway which will unleash an attack on rail...

Uber drivers descend on High Court

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HUNDREDS of Uber drivers descended on the Royal Court of Justice yesterday as Uber appealed once more, attempting to overturn the historic landmark ruling...
Trade unionists, community groups and musicians rallied outside parliament yesterday against the abolition of public bodies

Unions Fight ‘Political Vandalism!’

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Westminster MPs heard calls for the government to ‘Stop, Listen and Think Again’, as trade unionists and community groups lobbied Parliament asking them...

‘Where were the bells-tolls for Grenfell?’

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THE Coordinator of Justice 4 Grenfell Yvette Williams demanded yesterday, ‘Where were the bell-tolls for Grenfell?’ She contrased the bell tolls and the rush of...

‘THEY WILL NOT FORGET–THEY WILL NOT FORGIVE’ – Tory MP warns over the Grenfell...

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IN THE House of Commons on Wednesday, Conservative MP Royston Smith said the housing market was at risk of partial ‘collapse’, with many leaseholders...
CWU pickets at Stamford Hill Delivery office during the September 29th strike in North London

Cwu Offers Wage Cuts!

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THE Communication Workers Union has said it is prepared to ‘settle around inflation’ for the next two years. Given that ‘around’ means less, and that...

‘We will resist Met Uni cuts!’

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‘UCU and Unison staff will resist all cuts to courses, jobs and provision at London Met by whatever means, including industrial action.’ University and College...
Locked out Gate Gourmet workers speak with their TGWU shop steward outside the Heathrow plant at the weekend. They have been locked  out since August 10, demanding full reinstatement on their original terms and conditions

We want action not words from TUC

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers, boosted by their successful intervention at the TUC in Brighton on Monday, are calling for immediate reinstatement or action to...

BMA rejects NHS privatisation

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ALMOST every single doctor voted to oppose the introduction and imposition of an insurance-based healthcare system into the UK. The almost unanimous vote...

‘IF THERE IS NO LEGISLATION ON MONDAY – SEIZE SHIPS ON TUESDAY’ – John...

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OVER 500 trade unionists gathered outside the RMT headquarters on the waterfront in Dover, yesterday with red RMT flags and union banners after 800...

Bring us back ‘in-house’ – demand Barts SERCO strikers

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BARTS Hospital Trust workers organised a march from the hospital to a meeting at Altab Ali Park on the final Friday of their two-week...
Striking Bectu members on the picket line outside the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton on Friday morning

Ritzy Strike

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A LIVELY crowd of 50 Ritzy cinema workers attracted a lot of support in Brixton yesterday, shouting ‘pay the living wage’ and ‘living staff,...

Arrogant Osborne refuses to apologise – McDonnell calls for him to go!

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‘LET me say to him (Tory chancellor Osborne) I certainly think for the sake of this country that it is time for him to...
The privateer Carillion was in a permanent war with its workforce to increase its profit margins

RBS & May knifed Carillion!

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‘IT’S A BROKEN system. As the ruins of Carillion lie around us, will the prime minister act to end the costly racket of the...

NO PAY CUTS FOR NURSES! – while BMA insists we need all our consultants

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Public sector union, UNISON said yesterday it will ‘strongly resist any attempt to cut nurses’ pay whether by moving to regional pay or by...

Real wages 13.6% drop!

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THERE has been a 13.6% drop in the real value of average earnings of full time workers in employment in the UK between April...

Climate change activists block central London

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THOUSANDS of ‘Extinction Rebellion’ protesters blocked key areas of central London yesterday demanding action from the government on the ‘climate and ecological emergency’. Traffic was...
Trump’s letter to Kim Jong-un

Trump cancels N Korean summit

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US PRESIDENT Trump released a letter yesterday afternoon which stated that the summit between him and North Korean President Kim Jong-un has been cancelled....
Defiant junior doctors at Downing Street on February 6th are determined to beat Health Secretary Hunt’s attempt to dictate their contract

Junior Doctors Will Not Accept Imposition!

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‘JUNIOR doctors cannot and will not accept a contract that is bad for the future of patient care, the profession and the NHS as...
A section of the strikers from Gate Gourmet listening to a report from Tony Woodley on Monday afternoon in Southall

AS TALKS BREAK DOWN – Call out the airport say Gate Gourmet pickets

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‘Talks have, indeed, broken down as a consequence of Gate Gourmet wanting to selectively re-employ those who had been sacked, even though there is...
BA cabin crew pickets think that the whole airport must come out in support to win their dispute

‘we Are Fighting For Our Lives’

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DESPITE the pouring rain, striking BA cabin crew maintained three lively picket lines at Heathrow Airport yesterday. They chanted: ‘Don’t blame it on the ash...

GPs demand 15 minutes per patient!

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GPs DEMAND a minimum of fifteen minutes to spend with each patient, rather than the current ten, which they rightly say is not enough...

‘GREEN LIGHT TO TORTURE’ – Amnesty condemns Algerian’s deportation

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Yesterday’s immigration panel ruling to deport an Algerian man as a threat to national security is ‘an affront to justice and a green light...

Israeli massacres across Gaza and West Bank

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‘THE Israeli occupation army has committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing and injuring at...

1,800 will spend Christmas in an immigration detention centre!

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UK GOVERNMENT figures show that over 1,800 people in Britain will spend the Christmas holiday incarcerated in immigration detention centres, prompting calls to end...

Bank of England raises interest rates! – predicts energy costs rise of 40% by...

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UK INTEREST rates have risen to the highest level since 2009 as the Bank of England tries to slow the pace of rapidly rising...

21 firefighters leave UK to help fight Greek wildfires

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TWENTY-ONE firefighters from the UK left yesterday evening for Greece to assist firefighters out there, in an international effort to tackle the raging wildfires. Tony...

STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT! – Labour insists maintain £20 uplift

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‘REDUCING Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit would be fundamentally the wrong decision. It would be a profound mistake and put millions of families...
‘Save Chase Farm’ councillors KEIRAN McGREGOR and KATE WILKINSON (wearing T-shirts) with fellow campaigners lobbying Parliament yesterday

STOP NHS CLOSURES – say lobbying NHS hospital groups

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HEALTH workers and campaigners descended on Parliament from many parts of the country yesterday, to defend their hospitals. ‘My hospital is under threat. It’s a...

NHS 50,000 Doctors Short!

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THE NHS is 50,000 doctors short new British Medical Association (BMA) re-search released yesterday has found. The number of doctors in England has fallen even...
Striking Cambridge postal workers said the mood is defiant as they look forward to the national strike

Post Strikers Determined To Win!

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‘The mood is defiant,’ said striking postal workers in Cambridge yesterday. This came as the Communication Workers Union branded Royal Mail’s business approach ‘chaos management’. Thousands...
ESOL lecturers and students presented a 15,000-signature petition to Downing Street yesterday

DEFEND ENGLISH CLASSES! – says UCU and students

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TEACHERS and students from across London went to Downing Street yesterday, to present a mass petition against the attack on the right to learn...