UK turning a blind eye to refugees
THE UK is turning a blind eye to suffering on its doorstep by failing to protect vulnerable refugees, who have been displaced by conflict,...
‘UNAFFORDABLE!’ £718–average monthly rent in England & Wales
‘AVERAGE private rents are unaffordable for ordinary working families in over half (55%) of local authorities in England,’ Shelter the housing charity said yesterday....
Gate Gourmet workers say: WE WANT VICTORY! – while TGWU leaders discuss compulsory redundancies...
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers spoke to News Line on the picket line yesterday. Mrs L Saran said: ‘We are becoming impatient. Last Monday we...
A&E patients told ‘go home!’
MANY http://www.wrp.org.uk/admin.php?op=adminStorypatients who had been waiting seven-hours in the A&E department at Edmonton’s North Middlesex Hospital were told on Friday night to go home...
350 London Transit workers on two days strike over pay
OVER 350 workers employed by London Transit bus company are taking strike action today and Monday after rejecting the company’s latest pay offer. ‘We are...
UK Military support Saudi entry into Syria!
THE UK is ready to back up the newly founded Saudi coalition ground army, with air support in Syria, British military sources told the...
Winter A&E Crisis Now All Year Round
THE Royal College of Emergency Medicine yesterday welcomed the findings of the report into the pressures facing emergency departments throughout the winter. The report finds...
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...
Tory-Lib Dem Underfunding Has Created ‘Extreme Risks’ To NHS
LABOUR IS pledging a relentless focus on the NHS in its first 100 days in government as new research reveals hundreds of ‘extreme’ risks...
Barts Serco Workers Strike Begins
MASSES of workers and supporters turned out for the first day of the 15 day strike action at the Royal London Hospital yesterday, part...
Massive Cuts In Ambulance Trusts
THE latest NHS ‘reorganisation’ came into force last Saturday. This is the slashing of the number of Strategic Health Authorities in England from 28 to...
Blood Cuts Will Harm Patient Care
Patient care in West Yorkshire will be under threat if plans for swingeing cuts to the blood service in Leeds go ahead, the Unite...
DON’T DEPORT OKAFOR-MEFOR – urge five trade union leaders
For the first time an alliance of General Secretaries of trade unions has come together in support of Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor, a Nigerian refugee...
‘Our members deserve fair pay – and will be taking action for as long...
‘OUR members deserve fair pay and will be taking action for as long as it takes to get it,’ said Communications Workers Union (CWU)...
STATE SPYING: Police launch facial recognition app – UN slams state spying on disabled!
SOUTH Wales Police have launched a facial recognition app which is to be installed on their officers’ phones, prompting human rights campaigners Liberty to...
Britain Accused Of Terrorism!
The Iranian government yesterday accused Britain of organising and equipping bombers who killed eight people in attacks in the south-western city of...
Powerful demo to stop ticket office closures
A POWERFUL demonstration against mass railway ticket office hours cuts and total closures was held outside London’s Kings Cross Station early yesterday morning, with...
NHS 32,000 Beds Loss!
‘My personal view is the unions should be up in arms over the number of beds lost in the NHS,’ East Surrey UNISON official...
‘TIME TO GET RID OF CAPITALISM’ – News Line Anniversary Rally is urged
JOSHUA Ogunleye, the WRP General Secretary, told the over 100-strong News Line 49th Anniversary rally yesterday: ‘Workers and young people hate capitalism! ‘This is...
Tribunal Fees A Denial Of Justice!
GMB members will hold a protest outside the Central London Employment Tribunals to coincide with the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees on Monday, 29th...
‘take Action To Defend NHS’
Despite Tory leader Cameron’s protestations that he supports the NHS, it emerged yesterday that several leading Tory shadow cabinet members put their names to...
School funding cuts devastate a generation of children
AS PUPILS return to school after the Christmas break, teachers’ unions warned yesterday that funding cuts are much worse than predicted, hitting working class...
STUDENTS’ ROBBERY! – to repay twice their fees and loans
The University and College union (UCU) yesterday welcomed findings by the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt...
‘THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN!’ Coalition’s unlimited fees plan condemned
Student, lecturers and university staff unions yesterday angrily condemned former BP boss Lord Browne’s recommendation that universities in England should be able to charge...
DOCTORS TAKE PENSIONS ACTION!–following the lead of the firefighters
AT least a dozen doctors are to take legal action against the government because they believe they were forced to join a pension scheme...
ACADEMIES EVERYWHERE UNDER LABOUR!– while teaching unions cover-up
ALL SCHOOLS will be academies under a Labour government, the party’s education spokesman, Stephen Twigg said yesterday. Academies, which are privately-run but state-funded, operate...
MPs vote Palestine Action is a ‘terrorist’ organisation
MPs HAVE voted 385 to 26 to designate Palestine Action a terrorist organisation, criminalising membership or support under the Terrorism Act 2000. The move, expected...
Defend Ealing Hospital! Smash STPs!
‘600 BED cuts, 8,000 jobs to go! This is no good. If they close the A&E where are patients going to go? I...
‘IT WAS MURDER!’ – says Sophie Hurndall after Israeli soldier guilty of manslaug
‘It should have been a murder case’, said Sophie Hurndall, the sister of Tom Hurndall yesterday. She was speaking to reporters just after her brother’s...
McDonnell capitulates to the EU!
JOHN McDONNELL, Labour’s shadow chancellor said yesterday that Labour will vote down May’s Brexit deal, will not accept No Deal, and instead will propose...
11,355 Children Killed In Zionist Genocide
THE Gaza Health Ministry has published a report detailing the name, age, gender and identification numbers of tens of thousands of people killed by...
House prices up by 40% –100,000 eviction notices issued
HOUSE prices in much of London as well as the UK’s southeast have increased by more than 40 per cent, instilling fears of...
Johnson puts UK military at the disposal of Zelensky!
TORY PM Johnson visited the Ukrainian capital on Saturday and walked through the deserted streets of Kiev alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky, flanked by machine...
Failed Labour leaders quit!
APOLOGISING to his party, Labour leader Miliband resigned yesterday mid-day following his party’s wipe-out in Scotland compounded by losses in England. He told supporters: ‘Earlier...
WE ARE GOING TO WIN! – say striking Grangemouth workers
The 1,200 striking workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery yesterday made it clear they are determined to defend their pensions. Unite members walked out of...
45 Police To Have Anonymity At de Menezes Inquest
ALL 45 police officers’ applications for anonymity at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes have been approved, it was announced...
Unions unite to defend the NHS
‘I would support a Day of Action to defend the NHS. That’s what I’ll be recommending to my executive,’ GMB National Officer for Health,...
BLAIR THREATENS IRAN – as US battlegroups move into position
PM BLAIR yesterday threatened that if the 15 Royal Navy personnel held by Iran for trespassing in Iranian waters are not released soon,...
Unprecedented Carnage In Vanni
TAMILNET reports ‘mad shelling’ yesterday morning by the Sri Lanka Army into civilian areas in Mu’l’livaaykkaal north, forcing everyone into the bunkers. Several...
‘REOPEN ERT STATE TV!’ –Greek workers demand of Syriza
The sacked ERT state TV and radio workers’ union POSPERT has called a mass rally in Athens for Wednesday 11 February. They are demanding that...
ACCEPT MAGNA DEAL OR FACE CLOSURE – Luton workers told
Workers attending the morning shift at the GM van plant in Luton yesterday were presented with a Unite union leaflet, informing them of a...
Termination of Israel’s war on Lebanon inseparable from US-Iran peace
IRAN says termination of the Israeli war on Lebanon is an ‘inseparable’ part of the agreement between Tehran and Washington to permanently end the...
NO PRIVATE SECTOR IN NHS! – ‘Public don’t want it’ says Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington has pledged her support for the British Medical Association’s campaign against privatisation, ‘Look after our...
UK lawyers for Israel demand to shut down Palestinian camp
UK Lawyers for Israel have written to Wandsworth Labour council’s interim chief executive to demand the closure of the Community Camp 4 Palestine (CC4Pal)...
Bma Wins £200,000 Back Pay For Junior Doctors!
The BMA has secured more than £200,000 in back pay for junior doctors, after their rotas failed to provide sufficient rest. It has now...