US ‘heinous act of aggression’
US FIGHTER planes attacked a Syrian Army post on Sunday evening, killing three Syrian soldiers and wounding 13 others in what has been condemned...
‘This Summer’s Exams Should Be Regraded’ – Nut
FOLLOWING the GCSE results fiasco, the National Union of Teachers is demanding the regrading of all results. Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the NUT,...
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...
UK forced to appoint European Commissioner!
PM JOHNSON’S ‘do or die’ pledge is truly dead, as the EU has insisted as a condition of their ‘flextension’ that the UK will...
STARING DEFEAT IN THE FACE! – in Iraq and Afghanistan
BRITAIN is staring defeat in the face in Afghanistan according to Paddy Ashdown and Lord Inge, the ex-Chief of Staff, British army. In a House...
UK’s crisis has only just begun Sunak tells parliament!
CHANCELLOR SUNAK lifted a little of the lid off of the crisis of British capitalism yesterday when he told the House of Commons, in...
Begg Offer To Help Refused
FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg offered to help the British government in securing the release of hostage Alan Henning from Islamic State (IS)...
Welfare State ‘Not For Sale!’
thousands of workers, trade unionists, students and youth are marching through London this afternoon, against 13 years of Labour attacks on public services and...
US has lost all control in Syria says Churkin
THE UNITED States air strike on Deir Ez-zor on Saturday, which killed 62 Syrian soldiers, means the US has lost control over the situation...
‘The Met took my son’s life’
‘JERMAINE was dead before he got into the car on 11th December 2016,’ Jermaine Baker’s mother Margaret Smith said yesterday, She was speaking after an...
Brexit vote Friday
THE NEW Tory government with its majority of 80, plans to ask MPs to vote on PM Johnson’s Brexit bill as early as this...
Tory plan to replace school meals with ‘25p breakfasts’ slammed!
TORY plans to replace free school lunches with free ‘breakfasts’, costed at 25p, for primary school children have been lambasted by the...
Thousands denied benefits now driven to food banks!
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...
Corbyn stays silent over Second Referendum!
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn twice refused to rule out a second referendum yesterday when challenged during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons....
Corbyn reprimands Chief of Staff
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday called for disciplinary action to be taken against Britain’s top military commander, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, over political interference. Corbyn...
Bank of England strike ballot
STAFF at the Bank of England yesterday started voting in a strike ballot as Unite, the union representing staff at the bank called on...
‘Crude, expensive and dangerous’ – scrap referral management centres
‘CRUDE, expensive and dangerous’ warned doctors yesterday, describing the privately run ‘Referral Management Centres’. They further warned that the Referral Management Centres act as...
France rises up against Macron – Doctors, nurses lawyers and teachers join 36th strike...
FRENCH doctors, nurses, lawyers and teachers were among the millions on the march yesterday joining the 36th day of transport workers strike action, bringing...
‘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...
‘LIVES AT RISK’ – from fire service cuts
‘What angers me is they call this a risk reduction plan, when it is obvious it will cause more risk,’ Fire Brigades Union (FBU)...
£513 Welfare Cut To Families This Year
FAMILIES across the UK are being forced to cut spending on essential items such as food, clothing and heating as a result of government...
LEBANESE REVOLUTION! – masses opposed to all sectarianism
HUNDREDS of people have been wounded in Beirut after security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters trying...
Nurses pay cut plan a ‘death knell’ for Truss!
TORY leadership candidate Liz Truss was forced into a humiliating U-Turn yesterday, after saying in a ‘hustings’ meeting on Monday night that, as Prime...
Patient care must come first! –BMA & RCN slam ‘enforced competition’
DOCTORS and nurses’ leaders are calling on the government to amend controversial NHS regulations to make it absolutely clear that patient care will have...
Stop the gap between rich and poor!
UNITE leader Sharon Graham warned yesterday morning that the union is likely to disaffiliate from the Labour Party if Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not...
PCS leads May 10 pensions strike!
HUNDREDS of thousands of public sector workers are striking in defence of their pensions on Thursday May 10th. The strike comes the day after the...
NHS logistics votes overwhelmingly for strike action
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis yesterday announced that NHS Logistics staff have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action to defend their service from privatisation. Prentis...
‘THE FIGHT FOR JOBS IS ON!’ – civil servants rally outside parliament
Parliament Square yesterday reverberated with the slogans of hundreds of Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) workers who had joined hundreds of thousands of...
Factory Price Inflation Spurs Jobs Crisis!
Price inflation of goods leaving UK factories reached its highest rate in 16 years, driven higher by petrol and food costs, official figures published...
‘Under Immense And Continuous Stress!’ – Doctors Tell Bma
IN TESTIMONIES provided to the BMA, one doctor said that ‘we are under immense and continuous stress’. While another doctor said: ‘What has been...
‘We Will Continue Our Struggle’ Say Greek Workers
TENS of thousands of public sector workers demonstrated in all the Greek major cities last Thursday as part of a 24-hour national strike called...
British Steel furnaces – no guarantee they will function – legislation rushed through Parliament
BUSINESS Secretary Jonathan Reynolds refused to confirm yesterday whether the government can get sufficient raw material supplies in time to keep the blast furnaces...
‘HIT TEL AVIV’ CALL! – as British company cuts ties with Israel
THERE was no lull in the Israeli air strikes on Gaza yesterday. Three young brothers – Iyad, Mohammed and Abdelsattar al-Astal died in a raid...
TGWU leaders still pushing ‘compromise agreement’
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers were very angry on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday when letters from the TGWU solicitor advising them...
Fires burn across Kuwait’s largest refinery for 2nd day
FIRES burned across Kuwait’s largest oil refinery for a second consecutive day as Iran widened its strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure, while Tehran warned...
UK committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ over Chagossians return
THE UK committed ‘crimes against humanity’ by refusing to allow Chagos Islanders to return to their homes on the Chagos Islands, which is now...
Poor Families Driven Out Of London
HOUSING benefit cuts being debated in parliament today and set to come into force next April will see local authorities ‘decanting’ poor families out...
‘Unions need to stand together to properly defend the NHS!’
THERE were three sets of NHS workers on strike at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday, the domestic and catering workers, the pathologists...
TUC stands with Palestine – TUC statement declaring solidarity with Palestine
THE TUC stands in solidarity with all Palestinian workers and the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) who on Tuesday took part in...
Airport Crisis – ‘This Chaos Is One Of Their Own Making’
AS the crisis across UK airports deepens, the leading aviation union, Unite, is blaming businesses for taking public money but then slashing jobs during...
‘LEAVE NOW’ DEMAND MAY’S MPs – as Tory split widens
DURING the House of Commons Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, both Tory PM May and Labour leader Corbyn avoided the burning issue of the hour,...
AN ‘OUTRAGEOUS PAY CUT’! – UNISON & RCN reject pay board threats
Trade unions representing nurses, midwives and health workers covered by the ‘independent’ Pay Review Body (PRB), yesterday reacted angrily to a government-proposed huge ‘pay...
OBR predicts 4 million unemployed – as Furlough scheme begins winding down
AS OF YESTERDAY the Tory government’s contribution to furloughed workers’ wages was cut, marking the beginning of the end of the scheme – with...
£8.3bn spent on Afghan war – 500 more troops to be sent
Prime Minister Brown yesterday announced another 500 UK troops are being sent to Afghanistan. In a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on...
Bring Private Care Homes Back In-House
‘I STRONGLY believe that care homes should be taken back under local council control,’ GMB rep Dianne Wragg said yesterday. Wragg is the lead steward...