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ANGRY GPs SLAM CQC!

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GP LEADERS in the doctors’ union, the BMA, yesterday backed a ‘no confidence’ vote in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) chief inspector Professor...

Fear of masses dominates EU talks

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BOTH the UK and the EU claimed yesterday that ‘progress’ is being made in the Brexit talks. Unresolved issues include intellectual property, data protection, the...

Police Spies – Met’s Unreserved Apology!

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THE Metropolitan Police has made an ‘unreserved apology’ and paid an undisclosed amount in compensation to seven women who were tricked into long-term relationships...

DAMN THIS DEAL! – says Cyprus Speaker

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‘THIS decision is painful for Cypriot people. This decision was a defeat,’ Cyprus Parliamentary Speaker Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday. He was referring to the deal...
Junior doctors marching in London against the government’s NHS ‘reforms

‘A FAILURE OF DUTY’ – Surgeons president Ribeiro quits junior doctors talks

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Bernard Ribeiro, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, has announced his withdrawal from the crisis talks about the selection of junior doctors for...

GP surgeries at breaking point

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‘GENERAL practice across England is under unprecedented pressure,’ was the BMA’s response yesterday to the news that hundreds of surgeries across the country applied...

Privatised Elderly Care Stinks

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report on home care yesterday revealed shocking examples of how basic care for the elderly in their own...

£550m PRE-PAY TAKEN FROM POOR

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The GMB trade union yesterday condemned the huge profits being made out of the poorest customers by gas and electricity companies. New watchdog Consumer Focus,...

Labour Failing Homeless

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Homelessness charity Crisis yesterday called on the government to make public services more accessible to homeless people. Crisis said: ‘Public services are failing homeless people. ‘Public...

JOHNSON FACING REBELLION – 60 Tories preparing to vote against Plan B

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THE JOHNSON government faces an expected rebellion by about 60 Conservative MPs in tomorrow’s House of Commons votes to pass new ‘Plan B’ Covid-19...
Millions of trade unionists are fighting to defend their jobs, wages and pensions and are convinced that crisis-ridden capitalism must go

Banks New Quantitative Easing Fears

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PRESSURE is mounting on the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to consider another round of emergency Quantitative Easing (QE – printing money)...
Workers from the Ryton factory joined French Peugeot workers to lobby the company shareholders’ AGM in Paris last month

Ryton Workers Condemn Hodge

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COMMENTS in Parliament by Labour minister Margaret Hodge and Labour MP Brian Donohoe, which were critical of the unions’ call for car buyers not...

‘Unworkable unethical and extortionate!’ – Patel’s war on asylum seekers is condemned

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‘UNWORKABLE, unethical and extortionate,’ was Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s response to Home Secretary Priti Patel’s statement to the House of Commons on...

Fresh Tory council cuts – Vital services axed

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THE NEW financial year has kicked in, and with every council budget being cut to the bone the future of leisure centres, council run...

Tory Party civil war escalates! – Sunak and Johnson trade insults

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THE TORY Party civil war was ratcheted up yesterday as PM Rishi Sunak accused his predecessor Boris Johnson of asking him to overrule a...

‘The Police Have Tried To Silence US!’

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OVER 3,000 people massed around the Clapham Common bandstand on Saturday afternoon for a vigil in respect of Sarah Everard who was abducted and...

‘Make May Day a day of struggle for Palestine’ – Hamas

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HAMAS has called on human rights and humanitarian organisations around the world to fulfill their responsibilities in exposing the escalating Israeli crimes and violations...

BA Bid To Make Strike Illegal!

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British Airways yesterday initiated legal action in a bid to stop the 12-day strike from December 22, announced by the Unite union. Refusing...

Brown Savages Sick And Poor

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Prime minister Brown signalled more attacks on workers, the sick, unemployed and disabled people in his speech to MPs yesterday, outlining the government’s draft...

‘Netanyahu and his government are not willing to make a ceasefire agreement!’ says Hamas

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‘EVERYONE understands that (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu and his government are not willing to reach a ceasefire deal,’ Hamas warned yesterday. The Hamas Palestine liberation...
On the first day of their two-week strike action Serco workers said they are determined to win the struggle

Serco Workers Begin 2 Week Strike

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HUNDREDS of ancillary workers employed by Serco at Bart’s Health NHS Trust began a two-week strike from 6am yesterday to 6am August 8th in...

BA Pilots Ready To Strike

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The British Airlines Pilots Association (Balpa) has advised its members at British Airways (BA) to set aside £25,000 each to prepare for a long...
Part of Monday’s rally outside the Vouli. The SYRIZA youth banner at the rally states ‘overthrow austerity by all means’

Greek Public Sector Strike Today

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AT A STORMY packed meeting of some 300 delegates on Monday the Greek Public Workers Confederation ADEDY decided to call a national 24-hour strike...
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TODAY! Gate Gourmet sacked workers 5th anniversary rally

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Gate Gourmet sacked workers are holding their 5th Anniversary rally this Saturday, 2 October at Beaconsfield Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Southall at 3.00pm

Egypt Masses Defiant

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Tens of thousands of defiant Egyptian workers and youth yesterday remained in control of the centre of Cairo, during a sixth day of protests...

Striking Consultants On BMA Picket Lines!

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STRIKING consultants were out in force on the BMA picket line at University College Hospital, Euston, central London yesterday morning on the first of...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers lobbying TGWU Executive Committee members demanding that their hardship payments be maintained while they are fighting for their reinstatement

Save Our Babies!

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‘Who will deliver our babies?’ asked an alarmed Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) yesterday. It issued three stark warnings: ‘Unless recruitment improves there...

Seafarers will be criminalised for saving refugees lives says RMT as Patel launches Borders...

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SEAFARERS’ union RMT has raised alarm over government legislation criminalising seafarers for saving lives at sea. The proposals, contained in the government’s Nationality and Borders...
Junior doctors recently came out to defend the whole of the NHS – they were allowed to fight alone

‘General Practice–is in danger of going under!’

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HELEN Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs Council, the UK’s leading doctor, warned yesterday that General Practice is in danger of...
London FBU Strike Actions!

London FBU Strike Actions!

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London firefighters have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over changes to shift patterns, and have decided to begin their campaign with...
Greek workers on the march fighting the dictatorship of the EU Central Bank – the struggle is now about to spread to Italy

Italy Hits The Rocks!

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Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti was yesterday in talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 17 eurozone countries,...

Israeli massacres across Gaza and West Bank

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‘THE Israeli occupation army has committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing and injuring at...

NATIONAL RAIL STRIKE LOOMS – TSSA warns action over Tory job cuts

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THE TSSA union warned yesterday: ‘A national rail strike in 2022 is very much on the cards’ as the Tory government seeks to cut...
Young people in one of the tents in the camp discussing their activities for the day

Police Raid Climate Camp

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POLICE raided the Climate Change camp on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening, with the aim of intimidating protesters, News Line was...
Part of the 5,000-strong lively demonstration in Nottingham last Saturday demanding national trade union action to defend the NHS

‘There needs to be national action to stop privatisation’

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THERE should be national action to stop NHS Logistics being handed over to parcel firm DHL in a 10-year contract worth more than £3...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers outside Hillingdon T&G office yesterday are insisting that their union leaders pay their hardship money

Locked-Out Gg Workers To March At Tolpuddle

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‘THE Tolpuddle Martyrs were called troublemakers and were transported to Australia. ‘We were called troublemakers and sacked,’ Parmjeet Sidhu said at the Gate Gourmet locked-out...

McDonnell wants secret talks!

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YESTERDAY, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell accused PM May of having ‘blown the confidentiality’ over Labour support for her EU Withdrawal Agreement and demanded secret...

Israeli jets target children in UNRWA shelters

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An Israeli raid on the Attar area on the western outskirts of Khan Younis killed at least 13 people and injured 26 yesterday, Gaza’s...
Vestas workers and their supporters marching to a rally at the factory on Friday July 24

Vestas Day Of Action!

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‘We’re calling for a big turnout for our Day Of Action on Saturday,’ occupying Vestas worker Mark Smith told News Line yesterday. Smith said the...

120-strong Gate Gourmet picket

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THERE was a large picket of about 120 sacked Gate Gourmet workers yesterday. Daljit said: ‘We are waiting to see if British Airways sign ...

‘WE’VE SEEN OFF THE COMPROMISE AGREEMENT’ say Gate Gourmet workers

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‘THE Compromise Agreement is dead. We have seen it off’ said Nirmal Purewal TGWU shop steward and locked out Gate Gourmet worker. ‘This dispute...

FULL SUPPORT! – pledge the TUC and trade union leaders

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‘NO to redundancies!’ ‘We want our jobs!’ ‘We want justice!’ shouted over 300 locked out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday inside the TUC Congress in...
Unite leading a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of the NHS in July this year

SCRAP THE BILL! – and the Board says Unite

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‘The NHS Commissioning Board and the Health Bill should be scrapped’, a Unite spokeswoman told News line yesterday. She was responding to the news that...

STOP PRIVATISING THE NHS! say BMA and Unite strikers

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BMA AND UNITE strikers picketed and marched round Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday. BMA member Elizabeth Hobbs told News Line: ‘I’m showing my solidarity...

Barristers Strike Growing In Strength

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HUNDREDS of striking criminal barristers held mass pickets outside the Supreme Court in London yesterday, as well as outside Preston, Plymouth and Birmingham Crown...