PRIVATE CENTRE ‘RISKED PATIENTS’ SAFETY’ – alleges GP
A privately-run NHS walk-in centre has been forced to launch a probe after complaints by a doctor about the safety of patients were...
PENSION CAPS AND PAY CUTS – in Darling’s pre-Budget speech
Chancellor Darling yesterday confirmed that VAT will be restored to 17.5 per cent on January 1st, and that inflation will rise to 3.0 per...
Leon Briggs’ family furious! – no action against police after his death
NO ACTION is to be taken against the police after the death of Leon Briggs, who died after being restrained by police in 2013,...
Aminata Eviction Stopped!
‘I AM not going to give up, I am going to fight the council until they give me and my family somewhere to live...
Unite Demands 15% NHS Pay Rise
NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15 per cent or £3,000, whichever is greater, the Unite union, said yesterday. Unite, which has...
Greek TUC to defy march ban
THE GSEE (Greek TUC) has declared that it intends to defy today’s ban on demonstrations and marches which was announced by Athens Area Chief...
Paying Mortgage By Credit Card!
More than two million people have used credit cards to pay their mortgage or rent, an increase of almost 50 per cent in a...
‘PM accountable to Parliament not U.S.’ says Labour leader Corbyn
‘THIS STATEMENT serves as a reminder that this Prime Minister is accountable to this Parliament, not to the whims of the US President,’ Labour...
Gate Gourmet Sacked-Workers’ Lobby Tgwu Biennial Conference
A COACHLOAD of sacked Gate Gourmet workers is lobbying the TGWU’s Biennial Conference in Brighton this morning. They are currently taking forward a large...
UK banks £60bn black hole
THE UK’s ‘big four’ banks face a financial black hole of up to £60bn from regulatory demands, hidden losses, and potential mis-selling costs that...
5,000 More Midwives Needed
midwifery students on vintage bikes converged on College Green opposite Parliament yesterday afternoon, to highlight the Royal College of Midwives’ e-petition for 5,000 more...
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,...
FBU Agrees To Limit Pickets
The Fire Brigades Union yesterday gave an undertaking in the High Court not to hinder or intimidate emergency crews provided by private company AssetCo...
Junior doctors strike on!
THE JUNIOR doctors strike, on Wednesday February 10th will go ahead, doctors union the BMA announced yesterday. The BMA said in a statement: ‘Despite the...
FORD PLANNING CLOSURES – in Belgium, Germany and the UK
FORD is planning to close its plant in Southampton which makes the Transit van and employs 500 workers. A meeting between Ford’s management and unions...
‘I THOUGHT POLICE WERE FANATICS’ – tube driver tells Menezes inquest
A Tube driver risked getting electrocuted and fled into a tunnel at Stockwell station because he was terrified that ‘fanatics’ had shot dead Jean...
‘SAVING EALING MATERNITY IS VITAL!’ – workers tell the News Line
AT EALING Hospital yesterday morning, midwives, nurses and other workers told News Line that they want trade union action to stop the closure of...
‘INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE!’ – demands McCluskey after state attack on Corbyn
UNITE leader Len McCluskey yesterday demanded an investigation into claims made by two journalists in an article in The Times newspaper that senior civil...
RENT IS 41% OF INCOME –young people face ‘unaffordable housing costs’
YOUNG people across the UK have told the TUC and Generation Rent that they face unaffordable housing costs, insecurity of tenure and exploitation by...
Thousands of UK troops for Obama’s Afghan surge
Defence Secretary Hutton has said that further increases in UK troop levels in Afghanistan cannot be ruled out. He said that Britain would consider...
Government ‘Ignores Bma Warnings’
Health Secretary Lansley’s decision to push ahead with the coalition’s massive attack on the NHS, in the teeth of fierce opposition, is ‘a...
Ys March For Jobs In Northampton
THE Young Socialists March for Jobs, now in the final week on its route from Manchester to London, left Rugby yesterday morning, heading for...
No Academy Here!
YESTERDAY students at Crown Woods School in Eltham were on strike against management’s decision to turn the school into an academy. Students gathered outside the...
‘ACT OF TERRORISM’ – ban sought on US bomb flights to Israel
A rights group yesterday sought a ban on US flights carrying bombs and detonators to Israel landing at UK airports. The Islamic Human Rights Commission...
Starmer Joins Hammond For Anti-Brexit Coup!
LABOUR’S Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, yesterday welcomed Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond’s announcement on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that he will resign on...
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...
Corbyn’s position: EU deal or Remain but no Brexit!
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn presented his position on Brexit yesterday in which a deal with the EU or Remain are the only options and...
MISSILE ATTACK IS ‘ACT OF AGGRESSION’ – ‘Reminiscent of 2003 attack on Iraq’
THE US missile attack on a Syrian airbase is an act of aggression under a far-fetched pretext and is reminiscent of the situation in...
‘Keep Ealing Maternity open or A&E will be next!’
‘WE ARE all very upset, my colleagues and I are being told to go and work elsewhere. We will support the meeting and the...
Brown Rejects Withdrawal Timetable
Gordon Brown has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, saying they still have ‘an important job to...
Johnson and EU agree new Brexit deal!
YESTERDAY morning the President of the European Commission and Tory PM Johnson announced that they had agreed a Brexit deal. That deal now has...
Upfront fees deter patients – Immigrants denied cancer treatment says BMA
PATIENTS from other countries are failing to get the urgent cancer treatment they need, because of upfront fees. These fees are ‘deterring immigrants from...
Miliband condemns policy on Libya
LABOUR leader Miliband yesterday indicted Cameron’s foreign policy in an attempt to win the support of the British bourgeoisie. He said of PM Cameron’s foreign...
43,000 Jobless Rise!
The number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 43,000 to 2.5 million during the three months to February, its highest level since...
Greek Vodafone strike ‘illegal’
AN Athens court declared ‘illegal’ the national strike called by Vodafone workers yesterday demanding a collective labour agreement. The Vodafone workers’ trade union refused to...
LABOUR MUST DELIVER A REVOLUTION – says Matt Wrack on eve of FBU conference
THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) annual conference opened in Blackpool yesterday. On the eve of the conference union leader Matt Wrack said, ‘No one in...
Markets Shaken By Bank Losses
Billions of pounds, euros and yen were wiped off European and Asian share prices yesterday as markets responded to Tuesday’s collapse on Wall Street...
Corona spreading through England’s school system!
DESPITE warnings from unions the Tories re-opened schools last week, and now coronavirus has begun spreading through the school system across England. Five teachers at...
Xmas Mass Picket At Ealing Hospital
THE WEST London Council of Action has called a 7am-9am Xmas Mass Picket of Ealing Hospital on Friday 20th December to step up the...
Deeper Social Unrest Ahead
ALMOST 13% of young people worldwide are out of work, and their situation is unlikely to improve for four years, a report by the...
‘THE GLOVES ARE OFF’ School staff support body is abolished
‘THE gloves are off on deregulation of staff pay and conditions,’ said teachers union NASUWT yesterday. NASUWT General Secretary Chris Keates slammed the announcement by...
98 GP PRACTICES FACING CLOSURE! – says BMA
AT LEAST 98 GP practices are threatened with closure as a direct result of Tory coalition funding cuts, doctors union the BMA warned yesterday. The...
25 Colleges strike over pay
OVER 300 striking teachers from sixth form colleges around the country demanded the government honour their £700 million funding ‘invoice’ which was signed by...