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‘I AM not going to give up, I am going to fight the council until they give me and my family somewhere to live...

THE BMA council is set to hold a crunch vote on holding an emergency representative meeting to decide its stance on the government’s privatising...

TWO-THIRDS of all people Tasered by the police in England and Wales between 2010 and 2014 were identified as mentally ill. The figures were made...

LABOUR IS pledging a relentless focus on the NHS in its first 100 days in government as new research reveals hundreds of ‘extreme’ risks...

AN EXERCISE simulating a coronavirus outbreak in Scotland, which was shared with a UK government advisory group in 2018, showed a ‘clear gap’ in...

THE RMT transport union confirmed yesterday that it is mobilising grassroots opposition amongst rank and file trade unionists to an invitation to Tory Prime...

‘THIS government can’t wait to destroy the NHS,’ RMT general secretary Bob Crow told News Line yesterday. The rail union leader was responding to a...

RAIL fares have risen three times faster than wages since the slump began in 2008, according to a new analysis published yesterday by the...

THIRTEEN universities face ‘a very real prospect’ of insolvency following the coronavirus crisis unless they receive a government bailout, a new report by the...

At the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth yesterday, Chancellor Alistair Darling stressed his support for the banks. In his keynote speech, moving the resolution ‘Prosperity...

GOVERNMENT plans for ‘postcode pay in the public sector’ are unfair and would be bad for NHS patients and schoolchildren in poorer areas, according...

FURTHER strike action has been called by the CWU over Post Office management’s cost-cutting measures. The strike action is taking place today, and will involve...

TEACHERS unions said yesterday that the Tory government’s academy and free school programme has failed and its privatisation agenda amounted to a ‘war...

SCOTLAND’S highest civil court on Friday dismissed a legal bid to stop the UK government from seeking to pass its proposed EU withdrawal agreement...

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...

WORKERS and small farmers are in occupation for over a week now of the large state owned EBZ sugar-beets factory in Thessaloniki, northern Greece,...

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...

THE GOVERNOR of North Carolina declared ‘a state of emergency’ yesterday after two nights of protests in Charlotte following the police shooting...

ON THE second day of the ScotRail strike, the RMT revealed that the Dutch-state parent company and top bosses are raking it in at...

‘It is essential that the Health Bill is scrapped. Unison is completely opposed to the Health Bill. We are right behind the doctors who...

TODAY’S march called by the TUC must not be just another mass demonstration against the drive by this coalition to bail out the banks...

‘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,...

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

ENGLAND’S hospitals have been dangerously full of patients during the month of January, the Labour Party warned yesterday. Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: ‘Too...

PRIME Minister Cameron yesterday claimed it is ‘in our national interest’ for the UK to launch air strikes on Syria. He made a statement to...

Workers who have been occupying the Vestas turbine blade plant on the Isle of Wight for fourteen days over plans to cut 625 jobs...

FIREFIGHTERS in England and Wales will strike again over government attacks on pensions next Saturday, 19 October, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced yesterday. The...

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...

TENS of thousands of workers and youth held strong anti-government marches and rallies in all Greek cities and towns on May Day. Seafarers, railway,...

‘WHAT a shameful act by a Labour prime minister as possibly his final act – opening the door to the Tories to come in...

THE EU has officially adopted measures to protect European companies working in Iran when the US reimposes sanctions against Tehran. The EU will...

yesterday the capitalist state exonerated the police gunman who shot and wounded Muhammad Abdul Kahar during the dawn police raid in Forest Gate last...

THE suspension of Parliament is ‘the territory of political judgements not legal standards’, the Tory government’s lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday. The court is...

STRIKING Haringey bin men are into the second week of their action against private contractors, Haringey Accord, which plans to cut two dust crews,...

The Fire Brigades Union yesterday gave an undertaking in the High Court not to hinder or intimidate emergency crews provided by private company AssetCo...

Schools unions have reacted angrily to a letter to heads from education secretary Gove, advocating strike breaking during their June 30 pensions action. His letter...

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday condemned moves by private schools to rescue their finances through obtaining academy status. A NUT spokeswoman told News...

‘HAVE a heart London,’ chanted a whole crowd of Refugees Welcome demonstrators waving red hearts on the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames yesterday. One...

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas yesterday accused Palestinian National Authority President Mahmud Abbas of attempting a military coup after Fatah forces sealed off two Hamas-led...

A Tube driver risked getting electrocuted and fled into a tunnel at Stockwell station because he was terrified that ‘fanatics’ had shot dead Jean...

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...

THERe was a family day event for the striking BA cabin crew at Bedfont Football Club yesterday, with bouncy castle, face painting and other...

YESTERDAY the judge of the Court of Session, Scotland’s highest court, ruled that Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson had no case to answer and...

RAIL unions ASLEF, RMT and TSSA have launched a Judicial Review to challenge the government over plans to re-privatise the East Coast railway. The unions...

Unemployment in the eurozone soared to 11.1% in May, while the manufacturing collapse continued and is set to accelerate, according to official statistics produced...