Railworkers will resist any Tory attack on their right to strike!

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RAIL unions yesterday slammed Tory plans to illegalise rail strikes. Page 60 of the Conservative Party general election manifesto says: ‘We will work with train...

MPs’ 11% pay rise scandal

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THE MPs’ pay rise plan shows a political class ‘wildly out of touch’, said Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka yesterday. Commenting...

Zionists tout Blair as agent to ‘relocate’ Palestinians

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FORMER UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is being touted by sections of the Israeli genocide cabinet as an agent to lead the ‘relocation’ of...
Remploy workers and supporters campaigning in Brixton yesterday

HORRIFIC INJUSTICE! – Alder family will not give up

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LIBERTY this week asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to determine if Christopher Alder’s death in police custody has been properly investigated...

Ecb Bond Buying ‘Could Be Illegal’

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THE German Constitutional Court has shaken the European Union with its statement yesterday that the European Central Bank’s (ECB) bond-buying scheme could be ‘incompatible’...
Maternity nurses marching in Enfield to save Chase Farm Hospital where the Maternity Department is currently ‘under review’

Maternity and A&E departments being cut and closed

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‘More than 30 maternity and A&E units have been shut down, downgraded or threatened with closure since May’s general election, despite the government’s promise...

Balfour Beatty Withdraws Contracts

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The Unite trade union, yesterday welcomed the withdrawal of controversial contracts by Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES), which would have resulted in the termination...

‘We will proudly break sanctions’ – Iran defies the US

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‘WE WILL proudly break the sanctions,’ Iranian leader President Hassan Rouhani said defiantly at a meeting of economic officials yesterday, describing the new wave...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow – want the TGWU leaders to fight to win their reinstatement

SAVAGE CUTS – coming to Norfolk County Fire Service

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Norfolk County Fire Service faces savage cuts as a result of the County Council being starved of cash in the Blair government’s ...

£105 profit a customer – energy companies on the make

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Almost 10p in every pound of a gas or electricity bill is now going directly into the coffers of the privatised energy companies. Gas and...

Israeli terrorism widely condemned!

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HEZBOLLAH stressed yesterday that it will go ahead with its pro-Gaza strikes against the Israeli enemy, describing Tuesday’s deadly pager attacks as ‘another reckoning...
Students and lecturers lobbied the Reading University Council meeting last Monday afternoon against the closure of the Physics Department

BACKWARD BRITAIN! – Reading University axes Physics

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Students and lecturers at Reading University yesterday condemned Monday’s decision to axe the university’s Physics Department. Philip Diamond of the Institute of Physics said the...
The scene outside the Kings Head pub in Upton Upon Severn in Worcestershire after the river burst its banks

Emergency!

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THE floods crisis in central and western England continued yesterday with tens of thousands of homes stranded without water and electricity supplies. Up to...

UK leaders back US war drive!

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BRITISH Tory and Labour leaders fell in with their US masters’ drive to war yesterday. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in...

Loud, lively and big radiographers picket!

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THERE were loud and lively picket lines of striking radiographers outside hospitals around the country yesterday as the NHS workers continued their 48-hour strike...
Delegates applauding at the GMB Congress yesterday morning

MIGRANTS HAVE RIGHTS – GMB warns bully bosses

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THE GMB yesterday at its annual Congress in Blackpool demanded that the owner of the American Dry Cleaning Company, Julian Stone, reinstate two...

All Cladding Samples Fail Safety Checks

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THE CLADDING samples from each and every one of the 34 tower blocks in 17 council areas in England tested up until yesterday have...
Students and staff protesting last month against mass sackings at London Metropolitan University

DON’T LET PUBLIC SECTOR PAY FOR GREEDY BANKERS – Prentis warns PM Brown

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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has warned politicians against making ‘selfless’ public service workers pay the price for the economic slump. In his New Year...
French youth rise up against Sarkozy, now the right-wing Presidential candidate

REVOLUTIONARY MAY DAY! – News Line Editorial Board Statement

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THE News Line editorial board sends its revolutionary greetings on this May Day to the insurgent workers of Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. The Iraqi insurgency...

BLAIR MUST ANSWER FOR WAR LIES say Military families against war

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Rose Gentle, Susan Smith, Peter Brierley and Karla Hewett, whose sons and brother died in the Iraq war, set up a 24-hour Peace Camp...

British Steel – placing 2,700 Scunthorpe jobs at risk!

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BRITISH Steel has announced the start of a formal consultation that could lead to the closure of its two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, placing...

Tory Civil War Rages!

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THE TORIES’ civil war over Brexit continued to rage yesterday after PM May received a letter from 30 Tory MPs. The letter...
RMT and TSSA pickets at King’s Cross Station during their previous strike on July 9th

Tuc Supports Tube Strike!

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THE TUC has declared its support for Tube workers who are on strike today over the imposition of night working. Commenting on the strike on...

BRING ARMY INTO SCHOOLS! – urges Chief of Defence Staff Guthrie

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Chief of Defence Staff Lord Guthrie yesterday gave his backing to a call from right wing think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies, for ex-servicemen...

Emi – 2,000 Jobs To Go

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EMI is to announce tomorrow that 2,000 jobs are to go as part of a major restructuring plan. Jobs will go throughout the company,...

Palestine welcomes the call for an immediate ceasefire!

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THE Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates yesterday welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, in calling for...

‘NO SPARE CAPACITY IN HOSPITALS’ warns BMA

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PATIENTS are suffering as pressure on the NHS reaches a historic high, the BMA warned yesterday. Tthe publication of NHS England’s ‘winter health check’...

4.8m WORKERS EARN LESS THAN LIVING WAGE

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THERE are 4.8 million workers earning below the so-called living wage, according to new research from the Resolution Foundation. The figure, equivalent to 20% of...

Thousands denied benefits now driven to food banks!

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THOUSANDS deemed ineligible to receive Universal Credit have been driven to food banks to survive. The new study published yesterday by the Economic and Social...
Support staff facing compulsory transfer to the private sector and their supporters during strike action at Caxton House yesterday

PCS Votes For National Strike Action

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MEMBERS of the PCS civil service union yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of national strike action in a consultative ballot against job cuts, pay...

£18m wage cut for mid-Yorkshire NHS Trust

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Up to 1,100 NHS jobs are to be axed at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust, in a bid to cut the pay bill by...

Southern guards strike today

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‘THE Southern guards strike will go ahead, despite any legal challenge,’ RMT Assistant General Secretary Mick Lynch said defiantly on the eve of...

Lecturers attacked on eve of their strike

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‘TREATING staff with such contempt only hardens their resolve,’ University and College Union (UCU) general secretary Sally Hunt said in response to a new...
Father Christmas visits yesterday morning’s ‘Keep Chase Farm Hospital Open’ picket called by the North East London Council of Action

‘We will do everything to keep our hospital open!’

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CARS hooted and people waved to Santa Claus on the Chase Farm Christmas picket, organised by the North-East London Council of Action yesterday. There was...

60 Unis Begin 8-Day Strike!

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STUDENTS across the UK were on picket lines yesterday supporting their lecturers and support staff on the first day of their eight-day strike action...

Bma White Paper ‘Concerns’

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THE BMA has been shocked and shaken by the resistance of its members to the Tory-LibDem NHS White Paper which seeks to make GPs...

No more talks until 620 prisoners released!

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IN AN INTERVIEW with Al Jazeera yesterday, Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said the Palestinian group will not engage in further...
RMT leader BOB CROW addressing the Durham Miners Gala called for ‘a new party of labour’

McCluskey praises Miliband while Crow calls for a new Labour Party at the Durham...

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OVER a hundred thousand workers and youth took part in the Durham Miners Gala on Saturday and heard Unite’s McCluskey declare his allegiance...
Young Socialists lobbying last year’s TUC  Conference in central London

Apprenticeships Rip-Off Exposed

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PRIVATE companies are being paid tens of millions of pounds of public money to train apprentices with no inspections or checks taking place and...

‘Britain must provide war planes for Ukraine’ says Truss

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BRITAIN and other Western powers should provide warplanes to the Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said last night at the Mansion House banquet, as...

Elderly Health Care Is Not Good Enough!

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Eight out of ten doctors believe healthcare services for older people are not good enough, according to a British Medical Association (BMA) survey...

Vaccines for 12-15s – boosters for 50+ says Johnson

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‘I WANT to set out our plan for Covid this winter and in many ways the situation we face is even more challenging than...

LARCO Industrial Workers Protest At Mass Sackings!

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IN an unprecedented 12 hours long rally under a scorching sun and temperatures exceeding 45ºC, hundreds of LARCO industrial workers and miners, along with...
YS members and supporters lobby TUC delegates urging them to call a general strike to support Junior Doctors and steel workers

Ys Lobbies Tuc

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THE Young Socialists lobbied the TUC Congress yesterday in Brighton to demand that it must call a general strike in support of the Junior...

BHS LIQUIDATED! – 11,000 jobs are to go!

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MAJOR department store BHS is to go into liquidation with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs it was announced yesterday, after efforts to...