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Marchers got a great reception in Coventry city centre from some very generous supporters

Youth Being Treated Like Slaves

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POURING rain made the Young Socialist marchers even more determined and their chants of ‘Youth demand a future, Youth demand jobs’ even louder on...

NHS Strike Ballot!

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MANY thousands of health workers have a chance from today to send a strong message of protest to health secretary Jeremy Hunt over...

Tories hammering poor!

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LABOUR’S shadow communities minister Hilary Benn has accused the government of unfairness in a letter to council leaders that shows that cuts for richer...
Warwickshire Blood Donors NHS supports march

Warwickshire Blood Donors NHS supports march

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Day 6 – As the Young Socialists march from London to Liverpool, made its way into Rugby on Sunday afternoon, Warwickshire Blood Donors NHS...
Marchers were met just before entering Northampton by Unison official Steve Bennett who handed the march a cheque for £170 on behalf of the union

Northampton youth want jobs & free education

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YOUTH from Northampton joined the Young Socialists March for Jobs as they made their way through the town centre yesterday morning on their way...

MAY’S SPECIAL MEASURES! – including calling in the FBI

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HOME SECRETARY May is set to bring in special measures to deal with British terrorists returning from Syria and Iraq, where they were allowed...

Russian trucks cross border!

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RUSSIA has accused Kiev of deliberately holding up the delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine, according...
A section of the march celebrates reaching the outskirts of Bedford, expecting more of the great response they received in Luton

March gets big support for defence of NHS

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ON day three of the Young Socialists’ London to Liverpool March for Jobs, the 20 miles from Luton to Bedford received big support ‘en...
Firefighters greet the marchers at Studley Road Fire Station, Luton

FBU welcomes Jobs March

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SUPPORT for the 248-mile Young Socialists March for Jobs from London to the Liverpool TUC Congress grew on its second day, as Bedfordshire firefighters...
The marchers were given a great reception by Unison and GMB members as they arrived in Harrow

Workers support march to TUC!

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ON THE first day of the Young Socialists March for Jobs from London to Liverpool, as the marchers made their way through Harrow, on...
MANUEL HASSASSIAN, Palestinian Ambassador to London and JOE SIMPSON the POA Assistant General Secretary address the marchers and wish them the best before they set off on the road to Liverpool

March to TUC begins!

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‘TUC GET off Your Knees – Call a General Strike!’ rang out as the Young Socialists March for Jobs set off from London to...
Young Socialists lobbied the TUC at its congress last year. This year they are going to demand that the TUC takes action to bring down the coalition

Young Socialists march to TUC Congress!

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THE YOUNG Socialists March for Jobs from London to Liverpool starts today outside the TUC HQ, Great Russell Street, near Tottenham Court Road, and...

Send Hospital ship to Gaza – 70,000 sign petition

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SEVENTY thousand people have signed a petition calling for the UK government to send the hospital casualty ship RFA Argus, currently based in Falmouth,...

Ferguson youth defy curfew

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ANGRY workers and youth defied Saturday night’s midnight-5am curfew imposed in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot dead by police...

Cameron Set To Send UK Troops Into Iraq

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PRIME Minister Cameron yesterday revealed that he is preparing to send British troops into Iraq again. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, he warned that Islamic...
Demonstration in Hammersmith against the closure of four A&Es in west London – meanwhile west London’s Imperial College NHS Trust aims to double its private income

Unions must strike to stop NHS closures

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CAMPAIGNERS against the closure of four west London hospital Accident and Emergency Departments expressed fury yesterday at the declaration by Imperial College Healthcare NHS...

‘EU dead in the water!’ says Bank of England MPC member

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EXPORTS to the EU, the UK’s biggest trading partner, are ‘dead in the water’, a member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting Monetary...
GPs and patients march through Tower Hamlets in defence of GP surgeries – nationally there are 98 surgeries under threat from funding cuts

Much More Funding Of Gp Services Needed

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NHS England’s announcement of short-term help for a limited number of under-threat GP practices in London needs to be followed by a national, long-term...

Wages Fell In Year To June

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WAGES fell by 0.2% in the year to June was the shock news released by the ONS yesterday. Britain is now a nation of the...

Ukraine to halt aid convoy

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UKRAINE''S coupist regime says it will stop a 280-truck Russian aid convoy containing 2,000 tons of goods including baby food and sleeping bags from...

Regional benefit cuts next!

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UNISON has condemned calls by a right wing ‘think tank’ for benefit cuts for all claimants living outside of London, and for child benefits...
Marchers in central London last Saturday demanding ‘End the siege of Gaza’ cheered the resignation of Foreign Office Minister Warsi

SECOND MINISTER QUITS – Another considering his position

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A SECOND Foreign Office Minister, Mark Simmonds, has resigned from the government, 10 Downing Street said yesterday. His resignation follows that of Foreign Office Minister...
A section of the massive rally at Hyde Park. Over 200,000 took part in the march and many called for the trade unions to match their words with action

Palestinians examining 72-hour ceasefire proposal

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PALESTINIAN negotiators in Cairo said yesterday they were examining an Egyptian proposal for a new, three-day cease-fire with Israel. ‘There is a proposal for another...

Ambulances waiting crisis!

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About 300,000 ambulances were left queuing outside hospitals last year, with patients waiting up to eight hours, or even longer, to be transferred into...
There have been a series of massive demonstrations in London in support of Palestine

‘A TOTAL ARMS & TRADE EMBARGO ON ISRAEL’ – says PCS

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THE PCS trade union responded to the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza with a declaration that ‘We support the trade unions enforcing a...
Tens of thousands have marched through London determined to fight for a Palestinian victory

Israel demands Hamas disarm! – in attempt to undermine the ceasefire

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EGYPTIAN officials said yesterday that Israel was demanding that the Gaza Strip be ‘demilitarised’, and Hamas be disarmed, creating uncertainty over whether the...

Defend Gp Surgeries!

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GP LEADERS yesterday handed in a 16,000-strong petition from patients to Downing Street demanding ministers act urgently to help GP practices under threat of...
Ealing Hospital workers employed by contractors Medirest have taken a number of strike actions against low pay

NHS ‘slap in the face!’ – no pay rise in 2014-15

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NURSES, doctors and other health workers were ‘slapped in the face’ by the coalition government yesterday, as it emerged that NHS workers...

Warsi Resignation Rocks The Tories

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TORY Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi has quit the government, saying its policy on Gaza is ‘morally indefensible’. In her resignation letter, Warsi spoke of...

Hunt rationing healthcare!

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The BMA yesterday accused Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt of rationing health care. Hunt has announced a £250m drive to eliminate ‘unacceptable’ 12-month waits, with more...
Demonstrators in London demand an end to the Israeli onslaught on Gaza

Killing Continues Minutes After Ceasefire!

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Israeli forces targeted a home in Gaza City early Monday, killing a young girl and injuring dozens of Palestinians just minutes after a humanitarian...
A section of last Friday’s 10,000-strong demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in London demanding an end to the Israeli onslaught on Gaza

Rafah school shelled!

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TEN Palestinians were killed on Sunday after Israeli shells hit a UN school in Rafah where thousands of people were sheltering from the ongoing...

One million to strike

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OVER a million council workers and school support staff are to strike on 14 October over the government’s 1% pay ‘offer’. Unions representing over a...
A section of the over 120,000-strong march in London last Saturday against the Israeli onslaught on Gaza

Israel breaks ceasefire

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INTENSE clashes erupted yesterday morning between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the southeastern Gaza Strip amid confirmed reports that an Israeli soldier has...

Energy Profit Margins Set To Double!

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‘SOMETHING must be wrong’ when profit margins for the big six energy firms are set to double over the next year while families are...

UN condemns school slaughter!

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ISRAEL killed at least 19 Palestinians sheltering in a school in Gaza’s biggest refugee camp early on Wednesday morning, despite repeated warnings that thousands...

Halt NHS privatisation! – no consent from the people

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LABOUR’S shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has called for NHS privatisation to be halted until after the 2015 general election. Speaking yesterday Burnham said ‘privatisation...

Kiev Attacks Civilians

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KIEV forces have been attacking civilians in residential areas in east Ukraine over the last few days. This is in spite of the promise by...

Evictions Up!

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GROWING numbers of private sector tenants are turning to Citizens Advice after facing eviction despite being up to date with their rent, the national...
A section of the passionate crowd demanding an end to the Israeli terror state at a recent protest outside its embassy in west London

Gaza-West Bank one struggle!

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HAMAS leader and member of parliament Mushir al-Masri said on Friday that the group had not agreed on a ceasefire with Israel, despite tentative...

‘Shameful Police Spying’

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THE family of murdered young Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes and the bereaved mother of teenager Ricky Reel yesterday condemned undercover spying on their...
There have been massive demonstrations in Britain in support of the people of Gaza. The picture shows children taking part in  Tuesday’s demonstration outside the Israeli embassy. They were very aware that children just like them are being murdered in Gaz

Hamas Kills 8 Israeli Soldiers

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THE HAMAS military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades said on Thursday that they had killed eight Israeli soldiers in northeastern Gaza City in what was...
Part of the huge demonstration outside the Israeli embassy on Tuesday night

Doctors Denounce Israel!

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MORE than 20 leading doctors and scientists from the UK and Italy have denounced Israel’s ongoing aggression in Gaza in a letter to The...

RCM, Unison strike ballot!

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FOR the first time in history midwives are uniting with other health workers to ballot for strike action, in an escalating fight over...
Campaigners opposing the closure and demolition of Charing Cross Hospital – one of the four west London hospitals due to lose its A&E and close

Two London A&Es closing on 10 September!

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THE GAUNTLET has been thrown down on hospital demolition plans with health bosses told to ‘think again’, said Hammersmith & Fulham...