Pandemic 2018 simulation warnings totally ignored!
AN EXERCISE simulating a coronavirus outbreak in Scotland, which was shared with a UK government advisory group in 2018, showed a ‘clear gap’ in...
More platinum miners join strike action!
MORE South African platinum miners came out on strike yesterday at the Royal Bafokeng Platinum mine outside Rustenburg, in the North West. They gathered...
FINANCIAL CRASH! – bankers warning over ‘risky loans’
Risky loans are leading to a financial crash, leading bankers warned yesterday. William Rhodes, senior vice chairman of Citigroup warned: ‘Lenders all too often, are...
Tories drop debate and vote
THE GOVERNMENT has dropped the debate and vote on The Financial Services Bill which seeks to secure funds that can be released if there...
Legal Aid freeze will hit children – lawyers rally today
The Howard League for Penal Reform has today condemned the changes to legal aid provision that will come into effect from April 1st...
Hunt ‘No’ To Setting NHS Staffing Levels
THE Unison trade union has welcomed the Cameron-commissioned Berwick Review of patient safety and said that the government should listen to it. Unison said:...
‘We must not let the maternity close’
THERE was a lively picket outside Ealing Hospital yesterday morning where a lot of people said they would come to the meeting and march...
BA Pensions Ballot!
Details emerged yesterday of a deal, yet to be agreed by workers, which means the end of final salary pensions at British Airways. The TGWU...
SACK HUNT! –80,000 sign petition for action
A PETITION to remove Tory Health Secretary Hunt from his post is already heading towards the 100,000 mark. Some 80,000 people have signed a petition...
Egyptian Revolution Surges Forward
The Egyptian revolution is advancing, with thousands rallying yesterday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a ‘Friday of Reclaiming Honour’ protest against military and police...
‘Defend GP Practices’ – BMA
THE BMA and GPs have condemned the way that NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are treating GP Practices. Dr...
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...
SECRET INQUESTS PLAN! – No juries! – to cover up deaths in state custody
Legal charity INQUEST yesterday condemned government proposals in the Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008 which ‘give unprecedented powers to the Secretary of State to intervene in...
‘Labour will end austerity’ – claims McDonnell
‘AT THE heart of Jeremy’s campaign on which he has received such a huge mandate, was the rejection of austerity politics’, Labour shadow chancellor...
Museums taking strike action
Strikes by workers at museums and galleries across the country today kick off a long weekend of action against government cuts. The Public and Commercial...
64% Say End Afghan War
A total of 64 per cent want all British forces to be withdrawn from Afghanistan ‘as quickly as possible’, with 33 per cent in...
Firefighters role under attack
A PROPOSAL by fire chiefs to expand a firefighter’s role at will and without boundaries has been overwhelming rejected by firefighters by 97%. The proposals...
‘YOUTH WILL TAKE UP ARMS’ – writes Greek pensioner in suicide note
A 77-YEAR-old pensioner named as Dimitris Christoulas, an ex-owner of a chemist shop, shot himself in the head on Wednesday morning in Syntagma square...
DNA DATABASE ‘BY STEALTH’! – 40,000 innocent children among 4 million on base
The Brown government was yesterday accused of building up a national DNA database ‘by stealth’ by retaining profiles of nearly 40,000 children never...
‘WE’RE LOBBYING TUC TODAY’ say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers
‘WE want to know if the TUC agrees with what the T&G has done to us,’ Gate Gourmet locked-out worker Sharanjit Grewal said...
Nut Reject Three-Year Pay Cutting Deal
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday rejected a proposed three-year pay deal for teachers as a pay cut and warned there will be...
de Menezes Memorial Is Unveiled
‘TO THIS day, not a single police officer has been punished for the deliberate shooting of an innocent man and the cover up that...
From Gaza to Buenos Aires workers demand justice on May Day!
WORKERS took to the streets in cities across the world yesterday to mark International Workers Day, with trade unions warning that the US-Israeli war...
Finucane Report Is A Whitewash Says Family
‘YET another British government has engineered the repression of the truth behind the murder of my husband Pat Finucane.’ This was the response of Geraldine...
Slave Labour Jubilee!
LORD Prescott has demanded an inquiry into appalling treatment of unpaid ‘volunteers’ on the government’s slave labour ‘work programme’. They were bussed up to London...
Putin Stabs Libya In The Back Again
RUSSIA has recognised the counter-revolutionary Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) as the only legitimate power in the country, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Ahead of...
Bombardment Of Gaza Civilians Condemned By Report
ISRAELI conduct during their 50-day war on the Gaza Strip last summer greatly increased the number of civilian casualties, an independent report has...
100th Aniversary of the Russian Revolution – This Sunday
Sunday November 12, 2-8pm The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street,WC1H 9AU Rally • Films • theatre • art exhibition FOR MORE DETAILS SEE 100th ANNIVERSARY IN LEFT HAND...
‘Overthrow government if you will!’ – Greek Finance Minister challenges opponents
THE Greek Interior Minister, Christos Kastanidis, has issued a press release/edict stating that the wages of all local government workers would be withheld unless...
Kurds raided by counter-terrorism police – ‘an unjust & heavy handed operation’
THE Kurdish Community in London have written a statement ahead of a march in central London tomorrow against the arrest of Kurdish demonstrators in...
‘TAKE STRIKE ACTION IN OUR DEFENCE!’ – urge Vestas occupiers
‘we are calling for strike action in our defence,’ occupying Vestas worker Mark Smith declared yesterday, after bailiffs turned up at the wind turbine...
42,728 evictions in 2015!
42,728 evictions in 2015 are ‘clear proof of the devastating impact that welfare cuts and the chronic shortage of affordable homes are having on...
Tory NHS plans = ‘mission impossible’ – ‘We fear for patients safety’ – Hopson
NHS services in England are facing a ‘mission impossible’ to meet the standards required by the government, warns NHS Providers, which represents hospital, mental...
DEFIANT SADDAM – refuses to recognise stooge court
Saddam Hussein yesterday insisted he was the president of Iraq, and refused to recognise the US appointed court, declining to give his name or...
Vicious Tory Onslaught On Asylum Seekers Condemned
HOME Secretary Braverman issued a vicious onslaught against refugees yesterday, seeking to establish her ultra-right wing credentials ahead of the Tory Party Conference in...
BLACKMAIL – Hamas condemns imperialist pressure to recognise Israel
THE Arab League; the Quartet of the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia; Israel and the Palestinian Fatah movement are...
Welfare and spending cuts are leading to more food banks!
THE expansion of food banks across the United Kingdom is associated with cuts in spending on local services, welfare benefits and higher unemployment rates,...
Banbury Workers Battle ‘Fire & Rehire’
WORKERS at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ struggle with a protest on Saturday (1...
Tories are now rushing to smash & privatise NHS!
THE TORY goverment is now rushing to privatise the NHS, by using all means that are available for the task including the use of...
May Day manifesto! Keep the Tories out! The working class will deal with Blair!
THE Editorial Board of the News Line, the daily socialist paper of the WRP, sends its greetings to the workers and youth of the...
Royal Mail 97% YES for strike
OVER 97% of members of the CWU (Communication Workers Union) working for Royal Mail, voted ‘YES’ for strike action, it was announced yesterday. Hundreds of...
Murdoch Quits News International
James Murdoch quit as executive chairman of News International yesterday, but said he will remain as deputy chief operating officer of parent group News...
Israel Arrests Birzeit Students!
THE Right to Education Campaign (REC) today condemned the Israeli military raid that resulted in the detention of 10 students of Birzeit University as...
EURO CRISIS DEEPENS! – as Germany refuses joint ‘E-Bond’
The euro fell sharply in morning trading yesterday, as bond yields on the debt of eurozone periphery countries began to push higher. This came after...
‘THE TIME HAS COME FOR OVERTHROW’ – say Greek workers
THE Greek government of Prime Minister Yiorghos Papandreou was set to be defeated in a confidence vote in the Vouli (Greek parliament) on Friday...