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COLLEGE lecturers in London, members of the University and College Union (UCU), will take strike action on Monday (9 June). And further action across England...

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is reportedly putting pressure on regulators to allow government bonds, known as Treasuries, be exempt from risk calculations. Economists have warned...

IN HIS Friday night address to the UN General Assembly in New York, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said that a return to direct negotiations...

Lebanese President Emile Lahud has vowed to stand by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah. As Israeli jets continued their murderous air strikes on the...

THE Israeli Supreme Court rejected on Thursday night two petitions and fully adopted the Israeli military’s position, giving a green light to its continued...

PRIME MINISTER Cameron announced a public inquiry into the News International hacking scandal yesterday, just before the Murdoch organisation announced that it was...

‘EVERY day counts,’ Jean-Claude Junker, President of the European Commission said. ‘Otherwise we will soon see families in cold rivers in the Balkans perish...

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has come under intense scrutiny after a turbulent period in the financial markets sent the pound plummeting to a 14-month low...

HOSPITAL bed and staff shortages are causing suffering for patients in the West Midlands as ambulances cannot deliver patents for treatment, the area’s senior...

LIBERAL Democrat, Labour and SDLP MPs have said they are prepared to vote against triggering Article 50 which begins the process of leaving the...

UNISON, the biggest health service trade union, yesterday called for Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire to remain in the public sector. The union condemned plans to...

The funeral of a Greek pensioner on Saturday turned into a mass anti-government protest. About 1,000 workers and youth attended the civil funeral in Athens,...

Fourteen trade unions representing nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers, occupational therapists and other NHS staff have joined forces to challenge the government’s 1.5 per cent limit...

GATE Gourmet locked-out workers are campaigning all week for their march through Hounslow this Saturday. Yesterday morning a delegation of locked-out workers visited Greenford Royal...

FURTHER funding cuts to local councils will impact on long-term health outcomes, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. The government last week announced a...

The British Foreign Office said yesterday it was ‘aware of and deeply concerned’ by reports that Iraqi police commandos, the allies of British forces...

THE following is a statement by COSATU: ‘DESPITE three vacancies in the executive and a deputy president who wants out, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa...

THOUSANDS of junior doctors will take to the streets of London today in protest at the imposed changes to their contracts. The rally today in...

THREE-QUARTERS of cladding systems on new medium-rise buildings use combustible materials, data show. These include 76 schools, 25 hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and older people’s...

THE people of Tottenham were yesterday considering the implications of the explosive uprising that took place on Saturday night. The reverend Nims Obunge said: ‘I...

THE Tory-LibDem Coalition stepped up its mass youth slave labour drive yesterday, with Deputy Prime Minister Clegg launching his payment-by-results ‘Neets’ campaign. ‘Neets’ is the...

Announcing Blunkett’s resignation as Work and Pensions Secretary to MPs yesterday, Prime Minister Blair made it clear he had been ready to defy...

‘ALL ACADEMIES must be handed back to local council control’, Hank Roberts past national president of ATL said yesterday. He was speaking after Tory Education...

200 RESIDENTS and their supporters took part in an all-day picket and protest at West Hendon housing estate in north west London yesterday, where...

THE PCS civil service union yesterday announced that members across the UK will be walking out for a third day of strike action on...

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is facing mounting pressure as government borrowing soars far beyond expectations, alongside new signs of economic decline. In the year to March,...

Business Secretary Mandelson has signalled that the government may provide a bridging loan or loan guarantees to help finance the sale of GM...

THE TORY plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was yesterday dismissed by the Supreme Court, ending over 18 months of legal battles in...

Public sector union UNISON yesterday condemned the government’s extension of Patient Choice as a policy that will lead to the closure of good local...

THERE were picket lines outside Jobcentres and benefit offices in London and across the country yesterday, at the start of a two-day strike by...

HEALTH Secretary Lansley and the coalition have decided to close Chase Farm as a District General Hospital and move out its A&E. Maternity and...

HUNDREDS of armed riot police (MAT) in full gear viciously attacked a militant march in Athens against the visit of US President Barack Obama...

TORY PM Boris Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer came together yesterday in their sanctions attack on Russia – the only disagreement being that...

A MASSIVE anger is growing at GM Luton and throughout the town against the threatened closure of the car plant. Workers at GM Luton were...

EX-LABOUR PARTY leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at Labour’s ‘political’ decision to apologise and award damages to party whistleblowers who took part in...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee yesterday voted to increase its Quantitative Easing (printing money) programme by £50bn to a total of £325bn,...

THE TORY government has defended its proposed Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from President Trump, who suggested a Johnson-Farage alliance. Trump told LBC...

TENS of thousands of rail workers in dozens of infrastructure and operating companies are to be balloted for strike action. This is after employers...

A THIRD of all A&Es across the country are set to close under the Tory government’s new Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), causing the...

KINGS Science Academy in Bradford, one of the government’s flagship free schools, has been accused of serious financial mismanagement. An Education Funding Agency (EFA) report...

THE RMT rail union will hold a series of 48-hour strikes in December and January after industry bosses failed to offer any new deals...

GREEK teachers delivered a major blow to the right wing government of Prime Minister Mitsotakis last Wednesday after courts had declared as ‘illegal’ the...

THE Palestinian Mission to the UK yesterday urged the UK government to protect the Palestinian people following the killing of Palestinian leader Abu Ein. In...

A realisation of the depth of the slump, yesterday drove the Bank of England to make a panic 1.5% cut in interest rates...