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Johnson ready to hand billions to bosses! – as unions refuse to demand nationalisation

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THE JOHNSON government is to pay out tens of millions of pounds to restart production of carbon dioxide at a key plant in the...

Barts & St Thomas’ solidarity action!

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UNITE Rep at Barts and Whipps Cross hospitals, Leonard Hockey spoke to News Line about the delegation that joined the St Thomas and Guy’s...

Over 700 homeless have died

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AS MANY AS 700 people died on the streets while homeless last year, official estimates show, and the number is in reality likely to...

Blair Opposes Right To Strike!

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The Blair government has intervened in a European Court of Justice (EJC) test case to insist that the right to strike is not a...
Yellow Vests protesters out in force last week – after winning a victory the biggest ever protest is expected tomorrow

Macron Calls Off Fuel Hike

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FRENCH President Macron has been forced to completely back down and abandon his hated fuel tax hike. Spurred on by their victory the...

GENOCIDE! – Six US-made bombs fired on Jabaliya Refugee Camp

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HUNDREDS of people were killed yesterday afternoon when their homes in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp, which is next to the Indonesian Hospital in north...
Scottish power workers fighting to stop BiFab from closing – the proposed £16bn nuclear power station in Wales has been shelved

Plug pulled on £16bn Welsh power station Hitachi suspends all work

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‘IT IS foolish to rely on foreign companies and foreign governments to keep Britain’s lights on and our economy powered when we could easily...

TOYOTA 10% WAGE CUT – praised by Unite trade union

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Car manufacturer Toyota yesterday announced that production at its UK plants would be cut by ten per cent, with an associated cut in wages...

Met ‘failed to perform its legal duty’ when it banned Sarah Everard vigil

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THE Metropolitan Police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard, two judges have ruled. The group had to cancel...

FBU ‘will Strike Against Wage Cuts’

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AROUND 100 members of the Fire Brigades Union from across London lobbied talks at ACAS yesterday, where FBU leaders warned the employers they would...
The NUT on the march through central London during their strike last year

Teachers Out Today!

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HUNDREDS of thousands of teachers are striking against government attacks on their terms and conditions today, with mass marches planned in towns and cities...
Palestinian funeral – there are going to be many more after Israel’s barbaric attacks on the Great March of Return on the Gaza border

8 Killed & over 500 injured – by Israeli troops and tanks in Gaza

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ISRAELI forces opened fire on Friday afternoon at thousands of Palestinians who participated in the Great March of Return along Gaza borders, killing at...

‘Horrific intentionally repeated crime’

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GAZA’s Government Media Office yesterday accused Israel of ‘a horrific, intentionally repeated crime’, having lured starving Palestinians to aid centres run by the Gaza...

Pm Starmer Meets With Zelensky In Downing St

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PM KEIR Starmer yesterday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street as Zelensky continues his diplomatic efforts to secure European backing for...
Guinness Trust tenants outside Lambeth County Court yesterday supporting an appeal against repossession attempts by the Trust

Tenants defend their homes!

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TENANTS and trade unionists mobilised outside Lambeth County Court yesterday to support Marian Okanlowan who is appealing against the Guinness Trust’s intention...

School nurses and health visitors – County Durham swings axe!

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THE THREAT to cut health visitor and community nurse jobs in County Durham, while Covid-19 is still widespread, was branded as ‘incomprehensible’ by the...

PAKISTAN BLOCKS NATO ROUTE! –after US gunship kills three Pakistani soldiers

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Mounting fury over a number of NATO air strikes into Pakistani territory, yesterday saw Pakistan seal its border with Afghanistan blocking the NATO supply...

UNIONS FIGHT LAW OF THE JUNGLE BOSSES! – after scabs board ‘Isle of Inishmore’...

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Yesterday General President of the SIPTU trade union, Jack O’Connor wrote to every member of the union concerning the struggle to stop...

Tories, Labour & SNP join forces to attack China!

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TORY Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s latest attack on China – suspending the UKs extradition treaty with the country, was supported by all Parties, turning...

Sri Lankan governor and cabinet resign! – as masses defy curfew and protest

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THE CRISIS in Sri Lanka escalated yesterday as wild protests broke out on the streets over spiralling fuel and food prices, and daily blackouts...

CWU WILL HELP WITH PRODUCTIVITY DRIVE – as part of Royal Mail deal

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UNDER their ‘Business Transformation’ deal with the Royal Mail, the leaders of the CWU have reached an agreement that will make thousands redundant and...

Tories Forced Back On Ealing & Charing Cross NHS Cuts

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The TORY government has been forced to back down over its hated ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ (SaHF) NHS cuts and closure programme in north...
Labour leader CORBYN marching with steelworkers in London in May

Labour Right Wing Ready For Breakaway!

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150 LABOUR MPs are plotting to form a breakaway party codenamed ‘Continuity Labour’ when Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership battle. Pontypridd Labour MP Stephen Kinnock...

Truss Quits – TUC Must Call A General Strike To Kick Out The Tories!

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PM TRUSS resigned yesterday afternoon after a meeting with the Chairman of the Tory MPs backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. Making her announcement, she...

Nationalise Gm Now!

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‘GM workers in Luton should intensify their calls for a mass meeting to demand an immediate occupation,’ ex-Vauxhall convenor Arthur Lynn told News Line...

Corbyn announces ‘free vote’ on Syria

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn announced yesterday that he will give Labour MPs a ‘free vote’ on the crucial issue of whether the UK joins...

ASLEF & TSSA strike action ballot

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RAIL unions ASLEF and TSSA have announced that they will ballot their members for strike action on the railways. If the ASLEF ballot is successful...

Massachusetts teachers win ‘illegal’ strike!

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TEACHERS in Haverhill, Massachusetts, have won their strike held last week, defying a state law banning teachers and other public sector workers from striking,...

PM HAS BROKEN PLEDGES! – says top QC Martin Howe

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TORY PM Theresa May was yesterday accused of a ‘wholesale abandonment’ of Brexit promises by top QC Martin Howe. May’s controversial Chequers sell-out deal...

25% of CCG members – with £65bn of NHS funds–linked to private healthcare

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A QUARTER of Clinical Commissioning Group board members, who are responsible for £65bn of NHS money are linked to private healthcare companies. Unite has called...
A section of the Young Socialists/WRP lobby of the Trade Union Congress with the Chagos Islanders well to the fore

‘WE WANT GENERAL ELECTION NOT A SECOND REFERENDUM’ – TUC delegates tell YS lobby

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TUC DELEGATES on the opening day of their Congress in Manchester yesterday, were lobbied by a large delegation of WRP and YS members...

GOLDSMITH REFUSED TO BACK IRAQ WAR – in March 2008, 2002 letter to Hoon

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THE Chilcot Inquiry yesterday published a previously classified letter from the Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, in which he refused to...

Failure To Invest Will Mean Disaster For NHS, Says RCN!

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‘FAILURE to invest more now to tackle the nursing workforce crisis will mean disaster for the health and care services this winter,’ the Royal...

‘SHOCKING ABUSE!’ – at the hands of the state

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PEOPLE who have fled to Britain, seeking help and refuge, are suffering horrifying violence at the hands of the British state, it was alleged...
Postal workers marching through Wolverhampton last weekend against privatisation of Royal Mail

Cwu Marches To Defend Royal Mail

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) are hosting a march and rally in Corby, Northamptonshire, today against the privatisation of Royal Mail. The March will begin...
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‘Next Seven Days Are Critical’–May

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PM MAY yesterday warned Tory rebels pushing for a leadership contest that a new Conservative Party leader would not make negotiations with...

33 INSURGENTS FREED – in daring raid near Baquba

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Iraqi insurgents freed 33 of their comrades in a daring pre-dawn raid on a puppet authority jail north of Baghdad yesterday. At least 18 puppet...

‘I WOULD DO THE SAME AGAIN’ says Flt Lt Kendall-Smith

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An RAF doctor found guilty yesterday of disobeying orders at a court martial after he refused to serve in Iraq, is to appeal against...

‘If the NHS is to survive we must get a new government’ – striking...

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THERE was a very lively picket line at UCL Hospital yesterday in London’s Euston Road, with over 40 junior doctors waving placards, chanting and...

Fire Deaths – 15% Increase In 3 Years

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THE number of people dying in fire-related incidents in England has seen its biggest percentage increase in 20 years, data published by the Home...

250,000-strong London march for Palestine

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OVER 250,000 workers, students and youth marched for Palestine from Hyde Park towards the Israeli embassy in Kensington west London on Saturday afternoon. There were...

VITAL SKILLED JOBS TO GO! – Government cuts aid to Sheffield Forgemasters

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the Tory-led government announced the cancellation of 12 funding projects worth £2 billion yesterday, as well as the suspension of a further 12 projects...
Gazans protesting at the border with Israel are gassed – now they are being killed by Israeli air strikes

140 Air Strikes On Gaza!

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THE ISRAELI military has carried out over 140 air strikes against the Gaza Strip, threatening another full-scale military offensive against the blockaded coastal enclave...

Surgeons Condemn Targets!

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THE NHS must address the significant variations in care experienced by the 170,000 patients who have major emergency abdominal surgery each year, says a...