Iran begins Zolfaqar-1400 military exercises
THE IRANIAN Army has started large-scale military exercises in an area stretching from the eastern sector of the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the...
MASS DISMISSALS AND CLOSURES AT OPEL-VAUXHALL – predicts EEF GM forum
GM Europe’s European Employee Forum (EEF) has made the most dire predictions in its February 16, 2009 report. It states that ‘GM’s “Renaissance” plan...
GP surgeries closure crisis
THE Tory government ‘should concentrate on expanding GP numbers rather than promising patients undeliverable services’, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the British Medical Association...
Cleaners battle for a living wage! – while TUC joins up with Heseltine
LONDON Underground (LU) station cleaners employed by the ISS and Initial privateers on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines held a 48-hour turn-of-the-year pay...
‘Forward to workers power’
OVER 300 workers and youth marched from the Altab Ali Park in Aldgate East yesterday afternoon through Whitechapel to the News Line Anniversary Rally...
FAMILIES HIT WITH £2.3bn CUTS!
LOW income households will have their family finances hit by multiple cuts this month totalling £2.3bn. Almost half of this amount will be provided by...
Junior Doctors Win £800,000 Back Pay!
JUNIOR doctors have received back pay of £800,000 after a hard-fought battle against their trust regarding a contract breach. Their union, the British Medical Association...
HOUSE OF LORDS RULES FOR US IMPERIALISM! – Abolishes the right to return of...
‘WE WILL return to the Chagos Islands – it’s our right!’, ‘We will return to Diego Garcia – it’s our right!’ shouted more than...
Red Cross issues dire warning over Israel’s siege & starvation
THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has issued a dire warning that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is nearing total collapse, as...
Striking NHS Workers March
STRIKING NHS workers from south London’s psychiatric hospitals marched yesterday from Camberwell Green to the headquarters of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust...
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...
Mass Sackings For NHS!
LABOUR and the RCN have reacted angrily to instruction from NHS bosses and regulators to impose a ‘headcount reduction’ to reduce their deficits...
GPs FACE PRIVATISATION! – warning from the BMA
GPs FACE takeover by commercial providers warns the BMA. Plans to introduce ICPs (Integrated Care Providers) in England must not allow private firms to...
‘NEGOTIATION NOT IMPOSITION!’ – Unite calls BA cabin crew strike ballot
The Unite trade union yesterday announced it is to ballot 14,000 British Airways cabin crew for strike action after weeks of talks over BA’s...
Heathrow workers back Gate Gourmet conference
BRITISH Airways Terminal 4 workers yesterday gave great support to locked out Gate Gourmet workers campaigning at Heathrow for their conference on Sunday January...
Brazen Cameron! Tries To Tough It Out
PRIME Minister Cameron was repeatedly challenged yesterday over his hiring of Andy Coulson during the discussion on his statement over the News International crisis. Cameron...
Firefighters strike tonight!
AHEAD of today’s and tomorrow’s four-hour national fire strikes in England and Wales, leading firefighters told News Line they want general strike action across...
2.7m people frightened of Universal Credit
A PAYMENT COUNCIL survey shows that more than 2.7 million people who are currently receiving benefits fear they will struggle when Universal Credit replaces...
Halt Zionist settlers’ heinous crimes in Palestine says PM Shtayyeh
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday denounced the ‘heinous crimes’ committed on Sunday by Zionist settlers in the northern West Bank town of Huwara...
Italy Hits The Rocks!
Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti was yesterday in talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 17 eurozone countries,...
Workers Fury Forces Brown Retreat!
Hayes and Harlington Labour MP John McDonnell yesterday called for the 10p tax rate to be restored in full. He was speaking after Prime Minister...
Unions condemn Israel – over designating Palestinian organisations as ‘terrorists’
TRADE unions in the United Kingdom have denounced as outrageous Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist. ‘We strongly condemn the...
£11bn of council cuts!
COUNCILS in England have been forced to cut almost £11 billion from their budgets in the first two years of the Tory coalition government,...
BA ‘Rambo’ Walsh Returns To Talks
MASSIVE, worldwide support for the British Airways cabin crew yesterday forced BA boss Walsh back to the negotiating table with the Unite union. Aviation unions...
Junior Doctors Ballot For Action
JUNIOR doctors across England are to be balloted by the BMA over industrial action in response to the government’s plans to impose a new,...
Israeli army commits nine massacres in 24 hours!
THE Israeli occupation army committed nine massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 92 civilians...
Large Scale Academy Cuts!
LARGE cuts are looming at the TBAP multi-academy trust, which runs schools in London, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North West, following accusations of financial...
Greek workers and youth on the way to an unprising!
ATHENS – Greek workers and youth are on the road to an uprising! Mass rallies and demonstrations are taking place throughout Greece as part of...
FOUR CHARGED WITH TERROR ATTACKS – As Saudi scare sends oil prices sky-high
Four men were yesterday remanded in custody to appear on criminal charges at the Old Bailey on November 14th, in connection with the July...
Gmm Profits Collapse!
The future of the General Motors plant in Luton, IBC Vehicles, and its 1,000 workforce, is looking ‘doubtful’, despite assurances from GM bosses. GM says...
‘The most draconian anti-refugee legislation yet’ – Unions must smash the Braverman Bill!
‘THIS is the most draconian anti-refugee legalisation yet, as Rishi Sunak bids to make the UK off-limits to any refugees other than those his...
US takeover of GP surgeries subject to Judicial Review
THE takeover of GP practices in London by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation will be subject of a judicial review in early 2022...
Over 8,500 GPs vote to strike!
OVER 8,500 General Practitioners (GPs) across England have overwhelmingly voted in favour of taking collective action, including strike action, in response to mounting challenges...
Junior doctors condemn PM Sunak for ‘trying to intimidate & bully them’
AS JUNIOR doctors ended their latest five-day strike action yesterday morning, BMA Junior Doctors Committee spokesman Dr Tal Ellenbogen accused Tory PM Rishi Sunak...
80,000 Civil Servants Out!
Up to 80,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), today begin a...
LEGISLATION IS ESSENTIAL – says Leveson
LORD JUSTICE Leveson yesterday called for tougher press self-regulation backed by legislation. Announcing the publication of his report at a news conference which took no...
OCCUPY ELLESMERE PORT says ATUA National Secretary
Workers at the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire are bracing themselves for today’s expected announcement by owners GM of 1,000 job cuts. Trade union...
STOP THE THEATRE CLOSURES! – actors to march today from Piccadilly
ACTORS will demonstrate in the centre of London today against a wave of threatened theatre closures. Actors in white masks will take part in today’s...
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...
HALT FAILING NHS POLICIES – doctors’ leader urges Blair
The leader of the UK’s hospital consultants will today call for a halt to the government’s health privatisation policies that have ‘failed to improve...
UK will recognise Palestinian State!
THE UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in London while...
UK ‘on a war footing!’ – Sunak announces in Poland
TORY PM Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that he is putting the UK defence industry ‘on a war footing’. Standing alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in...
POSTAL WORKERS CONDEMN BROWN – and demand to call out the whole public sector
‘The phone call from Gordon Brown is not going to happen. That is why it is so important we step up the action and...
Greek Hauliers Defy Emergency Order
Hundreds of striking lorry drivers and hauliers clashed with Greek police in Athens, all day yesterday. Truckers and their surporters have been lining the highways...
‘Don’t Treat US Like The Junior Doctors!’
NURSES and midwives will fight Tory Health Secretary Hunt’s plans to fund a pay rise by smashing their employment conditions, their unions insisted...