Over 40 lecturers and staff picket Queen Mary’s University
A STRONG contingent of over forty lecturers and staff picketed both gates of Queen Mary’s (QM) University in east London on the second day...
‘Inciting support for Hamas’ – Doctor pleads not guilty!
NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, pleaded not guilty yesterday at Westminster Magistrates Court to charges of ‘inciting support for Hamas’ and ‘publishing material intended...
Labour Woos Democratic Unionists!
LABOUR’S Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer appeared on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday to urge the Democratic Unionist Party to join Labour in...
250,000 workers & youth march for Palestine!
MORE than 250,000 workers, students and youth marched for Palestine through central London on Saturday. The march assembled outside BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place...
12 more Filton 24 activists granted bail at Old Bailey
AROUND 100 protesters gathered outside the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey as bail hearings concluded for members of the Filton 24, activists...
‘I will continue asking nursing staff to take strike action!’ – RCN leader responds...
THE ROYAL College of Nursing has responded to the announcement of the new Prime Minister, Truss. RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said:...
Third day of strike at St Thomas’ Hospital
WORKERS from 6 departments at St Thomas’ hospital on Westminster Bridge Road were on the third day of their strike action yesterday, when they...
‘THE NHS IS BEING SOLD OFF AS WE SPEAK!’ – says Anna Athow,...
THE British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday urged all Conservative Party leadership candidates to commit to excluding the NHS from any post-Brexit trade deals. In a...
Bank of England raises rates to make workers pay for the crisis
THE Bank of England yesterday raised its interest rate from 4.5% to 5%, the highest level for 15 years, in a declaration of war...
‘Do not resuscitate’ care homes scandal – Professor Leary demands investigation
A STARTLING new report published by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) states that during the peak of the pandemic people in care homes were...
Thames Water ‘drowning in debt’ – nationalise without compensation demand GMB and FBU
‘THAMES WATER is drowning under a mountain of debt,’ GMB union National Officer Gary Carter said yesterday, in response to the privateer’s announcement of...
Capita Closing Third Of Offices
OUTSOURCING firm Capita is to close over a third of its offices in the UK permanently – despite the Tory government launching a new...
NHS HANDS OVER £26m TO PRIVATEERS
A NEW investigation carried out by the BMA has discovered that private consultancy firms have been paid at least £26m by the NHS as...
Sack Serco demand Ealing Unite strikers
EALING Council Parking Services workers are striking again today and tomorrow demanding that Ealing Council sacks the Serco public services privateer and takes their...
Heathrow – Unite steps up strike action
WORKERS at Heathrow Airport will next week step up strike action in their increasingly bitter dispute over massive wage cuts that the company is...
NO FIRE ESCAPE! Tory fire safety guidance fails
NEW GOVERNMENT fire safety guidance fails to include escape plans, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) warned yesterday. RIBA insist that the government’s guidance...
‘We’re in this for the long haul’ – insist NHS consultants as they announce...
CONSULTANTS in England, who go on strike on Thursday and Friday, will do the same next month, said the British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday...
Rail Fares Rise – A 2.7% Hit
MILLIONS of rail passengers will have to pay an average of 2.7% more for tickets from 2nd January, in a fare rise announced last...
Nationalise Jaguar Land Rover – to save workers’ rights and jobs
THERE HAS been confirmation that Jaguar Land Rover will build a new all-electric model at its Castle Bromwich plant. Unite said yesterday that the announcement...
‘It is now Tory government policy to create recession!’ says Hunt advisor
INTEREST rates are expected to be hiked by 0.25% to 4.75% today, but with yesterday’s inflation rate remaining at 8.7% in the year to...
STOP UK’s ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL DEMAND 100+ MPS
OVER ONE hundred British MPs have demanded an immediate cessation of the UK’s arms sales to Israel amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza. This request...
Strike-Breaking Regulations Ruled Illegal By High Court
MICK Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union has spoken out after the Tory government suffered a major defeat in the High...
PM’s top advisor Cummings refuses to quit
‘I KNOW that the British people hate the idea of unfairness. People like me who make the rules should be accountable for their actions,’...
400,000 March On Downing Street For Victory To Palestine!
Over 400,000 workers, students and youth marched on Downing Street on Saturday, while thousands more marched in other towns and cities around Britain, including...
Vaccine passport trials beginning in mid April!
VACCINE passport trials will begin from mid-April, Tory PM Johnson announced at the 5pm briefing yesterday. When asked he said: ‘Obviously we are looking at...
Cuts begin as Starmer launches massive hike in arms spending!
‘STARTING today, I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War,’ Labour...
Striking Consultants & Junior Doctors Picket
STRIKING consultants and junior doctors held mass pickets outside hospitals around the country yesterday in a show of strength in defence of the NHS...
‘You Have Right To Refuse To Work!’ – Aslef Advises Members
As London Underground ramps up services today, ASLEF has advised members of their right to refuse to work in circumstances where they are at...
‘There will be absolutely no pay increases for doctors or nurses above 5%’ declare...
TORY Health Secretary Steve Barclay provocatively declared yesterday that there will be absolutely no pay increase for nurses or doctors above the 5% that...
Wes Streeting resigns as Health Secretary – no confidence in Starmer!
WES Streeting has resigned as health secretary, telling Sir Keir Starmer in a public letter yesterday that he has ‘lost confidence’ in the Prime...
‘No Medals, Badges Or Claps Just Pay Nurses 12.5% Rise!’
‘NO MEDALS, badges or claps this time – just pay nursing fairly’, a nursing union leader told Boris Johnson yesterday. The leader of the UK’s...
Tories Refuse Additional Help To Gp Practices! – BMA
GP LEADERS are dismayed as the UK Secretary of State refuses to give additional help to GP practices. The Health and Social Care Secretary is...
College strikes
‘WE ARE taking action as part of national co-ordinated action for a pay rise of at least 5%,' Julia Roberts, Lambeth University and College...
‘National action to defend university jobs’ demand London Met strikers
LONDON Metropolitan University lecturers are back on their picket lines today and tomorrow, having picketed yesterday to emphasise they are stepping up the fight...
Nationalise P&O now!
‘P&O and their paymasters in Dubai are no longer capable of running a safe service and should be stripped of the licence to operate...
Sharpest decline in retail sales in 40 years!
UK retailers have experienced the sharpest year-on-year decline in sales in over four decades, driven by the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran. The Confederation...
Grenfell Tower Fire Has Left Deep Scars!
THE Grenfell Tower Inquiry on Wednesday published its final report. Responding to the report, Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: ‘Today is a...
‘We are ecstatic!’ – Victorious ICR strikers mass walk-in at 8.30am today
THE ICR (Institute of Cancer Research) strikers have accepted a victory deal after 68 days on strike in which the lowest paid will see...
Firefighters For NHS Front Line!
FIREFIGHTERS are to fit face masks and deliver vital PPE and medical supplies to NHS and care staff. Fire and Rescue personnel have volunteered to...
Postmasters Convictions Quashed!
JUDGES have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the most widespread miscarriage of ruling class justice in the history of UK capitalism. The...
Crucial Ballot To Continue Night Tube Strike!
THE BALLOT for a new mandate to continue the powerful RMT Night Tube strike on London Underground has reached a crucial point, with the...
Abusive MI5 agent’s identity cannot be revealed says judge
THE BBC is to be prevented from naming a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 agent to abuse a partner and...
GMB oppose Asda merger
THE GMB union, ‘the trade union for Asda workers’, has come out in complete opposition to the proposed Asda/Sainsbury’s merger as the Competition and...
PCS Heathrow strike ballot launched! – while TUC and Unite stress that they support...
THE PCS (Public and Commercial Services) union has served notice on the Home Office of its intention to ballot members at Heathrow Airport for...
RATE RISES AND A SHRINKING ECONOMY PREDICTS BoE
THE Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday increased interest rates to 1.75% – the highest in 27 years. It warned of 13% inflation...