‘Guarantee jobs & safety’ and RMT will suspend Southern strike
RAIL UNION RMT confirmed yesterday morning that it is taking a new offer to ACAS talks with Southern. The offer is that the union will...
‘ARM US – SEND US TO GAZA!’ – chant Egyptian demonstrators
EGYPT will continue to support Gaza against the attacks from the Israeli armed forces, President Mohamed Mursi reiterated yesterday as Israeli airstrikes continued on...
‘PENSIONS DEBACLE’ IS CONDEMNED – NASUWT refuses to sign deal
The National Executive of the teacher’s union NASUWT, yesterday refused to sign up to the government’s ‘Heads of Agreement’ pensions plan. The NEC had met...
200,000 on London March for Palestine!
A HUGE rally of over 200,000 people marched from Russell Square to Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 30th March, Palestinian Land Day, to...
MIDWIFERY CRISIS! – ‘Reverse diploma cut decision’ – RCM urges
The Royal College of Nursing yesterday accused the government of exacerbating an already serious midwifery crisis. Student midwives’ leaders expressed alarm over the government’s decision...
No Action Over NHS Spiralling Deficits
The Labour government has decided to put on hold a decision to scrap the ‘double whammy’ NHS accounting rules that are forcing hospital trusts...
NHS England blockaded! No contracts with Israeli military supplier
HUNDREDS of health workers blocked the entrance to NHS England’s headquarters in central London yesterday. They were demanding the cancellation of business deals with American...
Tories throw down gauntlet! – separate pay awards for police & prison officers
IN A SLAP in the face for the TUC Congress, the Tory government yesterday announced pay rises for police and prison officers, while leaving...
1 In 5 Surgeries Face Closure
ONE in five GP surgeries in London is threatened with closure within three years because of lack of staff, funding and pay, the Local...
Trust Boss Quits Over Dangerous Targets
The British Medical Association yesterday repeated concerns about government targets that ‘compromise patient safety’, in the wake of the resignation of United Lincolnshire Hospitals...
Patel approves Taser upgrades for police! – ‘Tasers kill’ warns Liberty
‘TASERS can kill, and they are disproportionately used against people of colour,’ Rosalind Comyn of campaign group Liberty said yesterday. She was responding to Tory...
THE RETREAT FROM SANGIN! – British army suffers major defeat
BRITISH forces in Afghanistan have handed over responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces, marking the defeat of their four-year mission in...
‘This Summer’s Exams Should Be Regraded’ – Nut
FOLLOWING the GCSE results fiasco, the National Union of Teachers is demanding the regrading of all results. Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the NUT,...
‘CONFRONT ROYAL MAIL’ – Dave Ward tells CWU conference
EMERGENCY Motion E3 dealing with a ballot for national industrial action was passed unanimously at the CWU Postal Section Conference in Bournemouth yesterday. The Motion,...
‘LABOUR WILL CONTINUE WITH BREXIT!’ –‘If we win snap election’ says Corbyn
ANTI-BREXIT Labour MPs have responded with fury to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s insistence on Saturday that it is Labour Party policy to leave the...
GP practices face £70,000 charges!
GP PRACTICES are facing a doubling of management charges, medical magazine Pulse reported yesterday. Those practices that cannot afford to pay will be subject to...
2025 – Victory for Palestine and World Socialist Revolution
NEWS LINE EDITORIAL BOARD NEW YEAR STATEMENT 2025 THE News Line Editorial Board sends revolutionary greetings for 2025 to all our readers and to the...
DEFEND HINCHINBROOKE HOSPITAL – 1,300 doctors, nurses, and health workers’ jobs at stake
Doctors, nurses and health workers will take to the streets with local people today, Saturday 4 October, to defend the future of Hinchingbrooke Hospital,...
Tgwu Officials Refuse To Pay Out Xmas Hardship Money
THIRTY locked-out Gate Gourmet workers gathered at the TGWU union office in Hillingdon yesterday, angry that they were not being given their hardship money...
Shrewsbury 24 victory! Convictions overturned
YESTERDAY’S decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn the convictions of the Shrewsbury Pickets after a nearly 50-year campaign has been hailed as...
BA’S 2 YEAR PLAN – for £450m savings and up to 6,000 sackings
THE new two-year business plan for British Airways was unveiled yesterday and includes provision for reducing costs by £450 million and restoring 10 per...
END THE SIEGE! – says Arab League’s Moussa
‘The siege must end and the Arab League’s stance on this is very clear,’ said the body’s Secretary-General Amr Moussa yesterday. Speaking as he entered...
Multiple Israeli raids on the West Bank – as UN announces food cuts
ISRAELI forces on Wednesday conducted multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and detained at least 28 Palestinians, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS)....
News Line-Atua Conference: Sunday June 19
The News Line-All Trades Union Alliance is organising this conference this Sunday, 19 June, to build a leadership to lead a struggle inside the...
THE POLICE ACTED LIKE ARMED ROBBERS – they will do it to another family...
THE two brothers released without charge after the massive state terror operation in Forest Gate told a press conference yesterday how they thought they...
Tory free school ‘lunacy!’
THE Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition is cracking up, with the latest row breaking out over free schools and school places funding in England, with allies...
Met chief Dick warns 43,000 officers over rot throughout force
THE MET POLICE Commissioner Cressida Dick in light of scandal after scandal engulfing the police force has sent a letter to all 43,000 officers...
STPs preparing savage NHS cuts & hospital closures
‘TOP TIPS on making difficult decisions’ are being distributed to health bodies around the country to aid them in broaching the subject of hospital...
MASSACRED BY BRITISH TROOPS – Iraqis demand damages and a public inquiry
Lawyers yesterday revealed shocking allegations about the behaviour of British troops in Iraq. Martyn Day, senior partner at law firm Leigh Day & Co, and Phil Shiner of Public...
Nasrallah assassination ‘an act of Israeli desperation’ says Iran
‘ISRAEL has gone on an assassination spree against resistance commanders in a desperate effort to prevent its demise,’ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf...
NHS Patient Care Is Under Threat
THE quality and safety of patient care in general practice in England is under threat from rising workload pressures according to a major new...
Israeli forces attack ambulance crews!
ISRAELI occupation forces yesterday prevented Red Crescent ambulances and their medical teams from entering the Tulkarm camp and reaching the casualties. The Red Crescent told...
127,992 homeless kids at Christmas
A record 127,992 children in England will wake up homeless on Christmas day, according to new government figures highlighted by Shelter. The charity turned...
Gate Gourmet workers say: WE WANT VICTORY! – while TGWU leaders discuss compulsory redundancies...
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers spoke to News Line on the picket line yesterday. Mrs L Saran said: ‘We are becoming impatient. Last Monday we...
BUNCEFIELD INQUIRY – prohibition notices served on oil companies
THE Health and Safety Commission (HSC) yesterday announced the official inquiry into the Buncefield oil depot fire. HSC chairman Bill Callaghan told a press conference...
Corbyn launches election: ‘Remain in EU an option’
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn, in launching his party’s election campaign yesterday, reiterated Labour’s plan for Brexit which means renegotiating another deal with the European...
2-year-old Awaab died ‘entirely due to mould!’
TWO YEARS-OLD Awaab Ishak died on 21 December 2020 shortly after his second birthday ‘entirely’ as a result of extensive mould in his flat,...
Palestine Action occupy Elbit factory in Oldham
PALESTINE Action scaled the roof of another Israeli arms factory yesterday, morning holding ‘Shut down Elbit’ banners. They announced: ‘We’ve taken to the roof of...
Tankers Strike Troops Stand By
Formal talks between Unite trade union officials and Shell suppliers are due to resume today, as hundreds of petrol stations have begun closing. Informal talks...
Usa On The Brink! Of Economic And Financial Collapse
Both US President Barack Obama and the Republican leader in Congress John Boehner raised the spectre of a market crash today if the political...
Barclays Sacking 1145!
UNITE has expressed its alarm at the announcement yesterday that Barclays bank is closing a major processing centre in Leeds with nearly 800 jobs...
‘Kettling Is Illegal!’
Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) yesterday commenced a legal case against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. They are challenging the unlawful imprisonment, through kettling of...
Parliament – special Brexit sitting October 19th!
MPs have been called to Parliament for a special Saturday sitting on 19th October, following a meeting of the EU’s EC on Friday which...
Evacuate within 24 hours or else face Israeli invasion – US & Israel tell...
ISRAEL has ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area within 24 hours, in what is viewed as a precursor of a ground...
BRITISH TROOPS FOR JORDAN! – Stop the War demands issue be put before parliament
2,000 UK troops and a RAF spy plane are bound for Jordan to ‘combat ISIS’ it emerged yesterday. The UK will send the ‘specialist troops’...