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...
Uber Strike! Mass Rally Outside Hq
‘SHAME on Uber!’ chanted over 150 striking drivers and supporters outside Uber HQ at Aldgate Tower east London yesterday. ‘Uber Uber you can’t hide! ...
Budget cuts every year – says Miliband imitating Osborne
PARTY leader Ed Miliband yesterday set out how a Labour government would ‘deal with the deficit’. In a speech delivered at the New Economic Foundation...
‘Prosecute those who murdered my son’ says Colonel Mousa
BAHA Mousa’s father, Colonel Mousa, considers it is imperative that those responsible for the death of Baha Mousa, including the commanding officer, are prosecuted. Public...
Voters Reject Tories And Warn Labour
THURSDAY’S by-elections saw voters completely rejecting the Tories, destroying the LibDems and giving the Labour Party a very stiff warning. UKIP gained its first elected...
May Put On 3 Days Notice
THE LABOUR, Tory, LibDem, SNP alliance of pro-EU MPs yesterday afternoon delivered another blow on behalf of the European Union against the 2016 referendum...
Obama gives May dressing down!
OUTGOING US President Barack Obama yesterday warned PM May that Britain was wrong to vote to leave the EU and suggested it is still...
Legal challenge to Tory contract imposition
THE BMA has launched a judicial review, challenging the lawfulness of the Tories’ decision to impose a new contract on the junior doctors. Junior doctors...
MORE PALESTINIANS KILLED – as America and Israel pressure PNA to disarm
WHILE the US was piling the pressure on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to force the Palestine National Authority to disarm all the anti-occupation groups,...
UK’s Shrinking Economy!
THE UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last three months of last year, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics...
Syriza Victory!
SYRIZA swept to power yesterday in the Greek elections winning 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority. After the final results came in...
New UCL rent strike –against rat and insect infestation
INSECTS and rats have infested UCL students’ halls of residence sparking a new rent strike against the terrible conditions students are expected to live...
Balfour Beatty’s Sack Warning To 12,000
Construction giant Balfour Beatty has warned its 12,000 staff in the UK they could lose their jobs as a result of the slump in...
Israeli Forces Massacre Palestinians
ISRAELI occupation forces carried out 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, resulting in 112 fatalities and 157...
Israel carries out a new wave of attacks in Gaza and occupied Jerusalem
ISRAEL carried out a wave of new attacks across the Gaza Strip and occupied Jerusalem this week, drawing international condemnation for grave violations of...
BARNET NHS CRISIS – faces £31m cuts in 2006-07
Hospital trade unions and patient groups are demanding that the management of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust come clean on their plans...
Plan Action To Keep Hospitals Open –Bma Urged
The British Medical Association (BMA) Central Consultants and Specialists Committee (CCSC) is meeting today at BMA House, Tavistock Place, London. One of the resolutions before...
Capitalism has reached the end of the road – it’s time for a...
THE economic and political crisis gripping capitalism is causing despair and despondency amongst the bourgeoisie and its media representatives at the highest levels. This week,...
Gaza Children Die From Severe Cold
JUMA AL-BATAN, a 20-day-old baby, died from ‘severe cold’ yesterday, while his twin brother remains in the intensive care unit at a local hospital,...
150 IRISH HOTELS TO CLOSE – as Bank of Scotland (Ireland) shuts down down
The Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) has claimed 150 hotels will be forced to close after the announcement that Bank of Scotland (Ireland) is to...
Parliament has no veto right over British people says Davis
TORY Brexit Secretary David Davis yesterday urged MPs to reject the two House of Lords amendments to the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill....
‘WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK’ say Gate Gourmet workers
Locked out Gate Gourmet workers insisted to News Line yesterday they want their jobs back. On the picket line at Heathrow Airport Jarnail, said: ‘I...
RAGE OF WORKERS AND YOUTH THREAT TO GREEK GOVERNMENT – thousands defy police teargas...
THE RAGE of youth and workers in Greece over last Tuesday’s horrific rail crash is now threatening to overthrow the right-wing government of Prime...
Scrap The Bill!
Public sector union Unison said yesterday that the NHS Future Forum’s report shows a Health Bill beyond repair and that it should be scrapped. The...
Darroch quits – ‘thrown under a bus by Johnson’ say ‘Remainers’
SIR Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, amid the row over leaked emails that lampooned President Trump’s administration, and threatened...
‘Headcount reduction’ with no ‘unresolved surplus’ – under Royal Mail deal
THE leaders of the CWU are backing the deal ‘Business Transformation 2010 and Beyond – a National Agreement Between Royal Mail and the Communication...
‘OUR MEMBERS ARE STRONG’ – say T&G at Enfied Iceland depot
‘Our members are solid’, Iceland distribution depot, Enfield, TGWU convenor Dave Brace told News Line on the morning picket line yesterday. The strikers are fighting...
Hamas condemns Trump’s threats – urges proceed to a lasting truce
HAMAS has condemned threats made by US President Donald Trump, warning that his remarks will embolden Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas...
‘HALT SACKINGS AND CUTS!’ – demand RCN leaders as 20,000 NHS posts are axed
Royal College of Nursing leaders yesterday warned that over 20,000 nurses face the sack, ahead of handing in a petition to Downing Street today. The...
17 SURGERIES UNDER THREAT! – in Hackney and Tower Hamlets
SEVENTEEN GP surgeries in Hackney and Tower Hamlets are facing closure from Tory-led coalition cuts. Five GP practices in Tower Hamlets and 12 in Hackney...
Brighton & Hove Schools Are Staying Closed Says Council
BRIGHTON and Hove primary schools in Sussex are staying closed today after the city council held an emergency meeting and ordered all primaries to...
Kiev Attacks Civilians
KIEV forces have been attacking civilians in residential areas in east Ukraine over the last few days. This is in spite of the promise by...
Myanmar Embassy in London – SEIZED BY MILITARY JUNTA
THE MYANMAR military authorities have seized control of the embassy, leaving the ambassador out in the street and forcing him to sleep in his...
BROWN HANDS BANKS £500bn
Brown and Darling yesterday announced a £500bn package of measures aimed at rescuing the banking system. The equivalent of $880bn, it means they are handing...
XMAS TRUCE ON THE TUBE – offer by TSSA & RMT
A CHRISTMAS truce in the Tube dispute was offered today as millions of travellers faced another day of strike action. Speaking at...
‘Stop Wandsworth asset-stripping!’
THE GMB union is calling on the public in the south London borough of Wandsworth to support a campaign to stop the sale of...
SLAVE LABOUR UK – but TUC Congress has no solution
Two million UK workers are ‘trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm’ according to the findings...
3 More Mass Graves Found At Nasser Hospital!
MORE tragedy keeps unfolding in the city of Khan Younis, with more mass graves found inside the courtyard of Nasser Hospital. Medical staff and international...
US forced to call an immediate Gaza ceasefire!
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced that the United States has circulated a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an...
Teachers unions unite for action
The UK’s two biggest teaching unions, the NUT and the NASUWT, yesterday announced plans for jointly coordinated strike action and action short of strike...
PROTECT OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS – demand unions
Workers who lost their pensions when their firm went bust gave a cautious welcome to a second High Court victory yesterday. The court rejected an...
Israeli occupation forces and colonists escalate attacks on the West Bank
Israeli occupation forces and colonists have escalated their attacks across the occupied West Bank, injuring Palestinian civilians, destroying agricultural land, and intensifying efforts to...
‘Beaten And Shocked’ – Say Freedom Flotilla Supporters
‘OUR ship carried two desalination machines, bricks and roof-tiles, 250 electric vehicles for disabled persons, a forklift truck donated by the Elefsina dockworkers and...
Captured Israeli Soldier Killed In Raid
The Israeli military yesterday bombed one of its own troops who Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, had kidnapped and taken to a safe...
















