‘WAR ON SCHOOLS’ says teachers & lecturers union
TEACHERS unions said yesterday that the Tory government’s academy and free school programme has failed and its privatisation agenda amounted to a ‘war...
MAY’S WAR ON MIGRANTS! – condemned by Institute of Directors
‘WE MUST work to control immigration and put Britian first,’ Tory Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday, stepping up her war on refugees. The economic...
2,200-strong bus drivers strike solid – Bus drivers demand renationalisation
THE BUS strike by 2,200 Unite members employed by the privateer RATP at eight London garages was solid yesterday, with strikers demanding that the...
‘There needs to be national action to stop privatisation’
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...
US-backed Israel continues Gaza massacre of Palestinian workers! – 147 Palestinians killed in 24...
THE US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 96 on Wednesday, with massive aerial and artillery strikes pounding neighbourhoods and homes...
REINSTATE OUR STRIKES! – CWU members tell leaders
THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) sent out a letter to its branches yesterday, declaring that Royal Mail was prepared to impose ‘change’ on the...
Johnson Treats Labour With Contempt
‘THE MINISTERIAL Code says that ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their resignation,’ Labour leader Keir Starmer said during PMQs...
48hr junior doctors strike begins today
JUNIOR doctors will walk out on their fourth strike at 8am this morning and form picket lines outside every hospital in the country, as...
BLAIR’S POLICE STATE POWERS – come in on Sunday January 1
‘These powers constitute a serious erosion of civil liberties in this country. They will change the relationship between the police and the individual fundamentally,’...
‘Performance-related’ pay NHS deal must be rejected!
GMB rightly recommended their members to reject the Tory government’s NHS pay offer, as a 6.5% pay increase over three years, when compared with...
100,000 march for Palestine and demand the TUC must call a general strike
MORE than 100,000 workers, students and youth marched through central London from Russell Square to Whitehall on Saturday afternoon chanting ‘From the River to...
‘The Israeli killing machine must be brought to a halt!’
HAMAS has outlined the group’s counterproposal to a draft truce deal worked on by Qatar, Egypt, Israel, and the US. ‘The proposal was received by...
Hospital numbers ‘could get scary!’ – admits Professor Chris Whitty
‘COVID hospital numbers could get scary!’ Professor Chris Whitty said yesterday, adding that the UK is ‘not out of the woods yet’. ‘People should act...
UK, US, French Role In Invasion Of Libya Exposed By Wikileaks!
‘WIKILEAKS publication represents a great victory for freedom of expression in the face of government secrecy,’ said a statement by respected journalist Patrick Cockburn,...
Greek Hospitals Collapse!
THE Greek government have stopped financing hospitals and the result is that patients cannot receive even the most elementary of treatments due to a...
Profit Drive Caused Fire!
LIFE as far as private contractors are concerned is cheap! It emerged yesterday that private contractors that refurbished Grenfell Tower a year before it burst...
RCN raises the alarm!
THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is today (Thursday 30 December) raising the alarm over morale, sickness absence and the prospect of rising vacancies...
Civil Servants Start 3 Day Strike
CIVIL servants picketing the London Identity and Passport Service Office (IPS) by Victoria Station, in London, had run out of leaflets yesterday, such was...
MAY HAS UNDERMINED BREXIT says ex-Brexit Under Secretary Steve Baker
EX-BREXIT Under Secretary of State Steve Baker, who resigned along with Brexit Secretary David Davis, told The Sunday Telegraph that Prime Minister May had...
Shut Down The Israeli Embassy– Demand Downing Street Crowds
HUNDREDS of angry protesters gathered outside Downing Street at 2pm yesterday to condemn the Israeli massacre of 19 Freedom Flotilla volunteers. They demanded that ...
GM HANDED TO MAGNA! – 10.000 to be sacked
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel was first to announce yesterday that General Motors (GM) has chosen Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna to buy Opel and...
Three More US Marines Killed
Three more US marines were killed in western Iraq on Monday, the US military confirmed yesterday. All three, from the 2nd Marine Division, were taking...
‘We are a hideously unequal society’ says NUT leader Christine Blower
‘IN a country like ours, how can it be that one in five children lives in poverty? How can it be that one in three...
PLYMOUTH HOUSING TRANSFER – ‘fraught with dangers’ warns Unite
‘We continue to believe that stock transfer is fraught with financial hazards,’ Unite said yesterday after it was announced that Plymouth council tenants have...
Tigers Condemn Sri Lankan Genocide
The Tamil Tigers yesterday vowed to drive back an advance by government troops in the east of Sri Lanka and accused the Sri...
AMBULANCE CRISIS – Handover delays put patients at ‘catastrophic risk’ of harm
PATIENTS are being put at ‘catastrophic risk’ of harm due to ambulance handover delays, NHS managers warned yesterday. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has raised...
Johnson Gov Must Answer Over The 20,000 Care Home Deaths!
THE Johnson government must answer for its actions over the 20,000 Care Home deaths says the GMB. Ministers ignored science, evidence and the GMB Union...
Victory for Syrian troops
THE General Command of the Syrian army said yesterday that ‘Our armed forces succeeded early on Wednesday to restore security and stability to the...
‘DEFEND STATE SCHOOLS!’ – ‘Trusts’ roll-out slammed
‘WE WILL never give up state education,’ a teachers union leader vowed yesterday, after the announcement of plans to remove more schools from elected...
KICK PRIVATEERS OUT OF NHS! – Unison condemns Hinchingbrooke privatisation
‘THE National Audit Office (NAO) report into the running of Hinchingbrooke Hospital by private company Circle, should act as a warning of the dangers...
STUDENT LOAN RATES HIKE! –scrap all student debt, demands YS
Millions of graduates will now face paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates came into effect yesterday. Payments to the Student...
Nightmare facing Israel pledges IRGC!
THE commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned of the ‘nightmare’ facing Israel after the Tel Aviv...
No sprinklers in car park inferno
‘CLEARLY the fact that there were no sprinklers had its affect,’ Chief Fire Officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Dan Stephens said yesterday. He...
‘MORE COPS WON’T SOLVE ANYTHING’ – say defiant French youths
‘More repression means more destruction’, said defiant French youths yesterday, in answer to the state-of emergency announced by Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy. They said curfews...
GP practices face £70,000 charges!
GP PRACTICES are facing a doubling of management charges, medical magazine Pulse reported yesterday. Those practices that cannot afford to pay will be subject to...
Support For Luton Occupation!
Talks between German government ministers and GM and US government representatives are resuming in Berlin today to decide who will take over GM...
‘Biden must follow US law and immediately suspend arms transfers to Israel!’
THE Biden administration should follow US law and immediately suspend arms transfers to Israel, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam said yesterday. The organisations on March...
‘LET’S CONTINUE!’ say Lambeth College strikers
LAMBETH College UCU began an indefinite strike yesterday in their escalating struggle against the imposition of new contracts. The new contracts would take away both...
£70bn more Tory cuts!
SHADOW Labour Chancellor Ed Balls said yesterday that the Tories are not even half way through their cuts, and that if elected they would...
Mass Whipp’s Cross Strike Rally
A MASS Rally of over 150 Serco strikers and supporters took place at Walthamstow’s Whipp’s Cross Hospital yesterday morning, as part of their two-week...
POLLS BLOW TO TORIES! – Labour expected to call election in days!
THE Tories’ lead over the Labour Party has narrowed to just two per cent, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The poll of more...
DEFEND GM JOBS! – JUNE 1st is bankruptcy day
Car parts maker Magna International was yesterday reported to have reached an agreement in principle with General Motors to take GM Europe off its...
‘No end to austerity’ – Hammond
NEW Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond made it absolutely crystal clear yesterday that there would be no end to austerity under his watch. Speaking to the...
SUPPORT BUILDS UP FOR LEFF – as Labour brings out its Regional Manifestos
‘I SUPPORT Jonty Leff,’ Gideon Woldeslassie said yesterday morning, referring to the campaign to elect the Workers Revolutionary Party candidate as MP for Hackney...
No Deal In Jeddah!
The oil summit in Jeddah ended in disarray yesterday with OPEC president, Algeria’s Chakib Khelil, blaming speculators for the high oil price. Leading oil producer,...