Food Prices Rocketing As The Supermarkets Impose Rationing
FOOD prices are rising at their fastest rate for 45 years, with the cost of basics such as milk, cheese and eggs surging and...
National action launched to end ‘fire and rehire’ – while Unite suspends RATP...
THE UNITE union yesterday launched a nationwide campaign to ‘end the growing practice of fire and rehire’ through a programme of strike action alongside...
‘WE MUST GET ON WITH BREXIT’ – TUC delegates tell WRP-YS lobbyists
LARGE numbers of TUC delegates in Brighton yesterday stopped at the 60-strong WRP and Young Socialists lobby to say that they want the TUC...
NEU teachers – Two further strike days!
THE NATIONAL Education Union (NEU) has announced that its members in England will take two further days of strike action this term – on...
Labour planning speeding up eviction of asylum seekers
LABOUR Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system as it tries to cut the number of asylum seekers...
North Kensington Workers Fighting Racism!
FRIENDS and family, concerned members of the North Kensington community and local campaigners joined forces on Saturday evening to demand justice for El, a...
Junior doctors out of their depth – Forced to make end-of-life decisions during pandemic
MANY junior doctors feel out of their depth with the end-of-life decisions faced during Covid-19 pandemic In normal times, end-of-life care discussions are most commonly...
‘Charge sheet against Hancock grows by the hour!’ says Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth
HEALTH Secretary Matt Hancock was forced to resign on Saturday afternoon despite repeated public statements from PM Boris Johnson that he retained his full...
MAY GOES TO GROUND! – Johnson & Gove are battling for her job
PM MAY was holed up in crisis talks with senior Tories including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove at Chequers yesterday, with rumours that a...
COVID-19s BRUTAL IMPACT ON NHS says BMA leader Chaand Nagpaul
Thousands of cancer patients have not received the care they need and their conditions have worsened owing to the focus on Covid-19, the British...
‘No depths to which P&O will not sink!’ says RMT’s Mick Lynch
‘THERE are no depths to which P&O and their Dubai owners at DP World will not sink to extract the maximum profit from ferry...
No beds! Intensive Care Units at 100% capacity!
ONE in eight NHS trusts in England did not have a single spare intensive care bed last week, NHS England figures published yesterday revealed. 18...
FBU strike ballot opens on December 5th!
LAST week the FBU said it would formally issue notice of ballot if ‘a substantial pay increase that takes into account the current level of inflation...
‘Victory to Palestine!’ demand hundreds of thousands on huge London march
HUNDREDS of thousands of workers, students and youth marched on Saturday through central London, calling for victory to Palestine and an end to Israel’s...
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...
Johnson to remove restrictions – Putting transport staff’s lives at risk – warns RMT
‘WE KNOW that we are going to see more hospitalisations and more deaths from Covid,’ Tory PM Johnson admitted at yesterday’s 5.00pm press conference...
1,000 face eviction during lockdown!
CITIZENS Advice (CA) has confirmed that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related to...
‘TUC GET OFF YOUR KNEES AND CALL A GENERAL STRIKE!’ – YS lobby gets...
‘TUC GET OFF YOUR KNEES, CALL A GENERAL STRIKE!’ rang out outside the Brighton conference centre as the TUC three-day Congress opened yesterday. Hundreds of...
Night Tube Strike Rock Solid! – RMT
STRIKE action was rock solid yesterday morning in the fight to stop Night Tube staffing plans ripping up drivers’ work/life balance. Pickets were out in...
Mass mega picket support for Birmingham bin workers
‘There must be 300 here today easily and that is replicated at the other four sites. There are no wagons going out at all...
Court of Appeal finds for Bell Hotel asylum seekers!
THE COURT of Appeal has overturned a High Court injunction that would have forced asylum seekers to leave the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex. Giving...
CORBYN WINS INQUIRY INTO UK’s ROLE IN ISRAEL’S GAZA GENOCIDE
THE FIRST Reading of a Bill calling for ‘an independent public inquiry into the UK co-operation with Israel since October 2023’ was passed unopposed...
Parliament Square protest – ‘No extradition for Assange’
‘THERE is only one decision! No Extradition!’ shouted supporters of Julian Assange outside London’s Supreme Court in Parliament Square yesterday. Nellie Arequipa was with her...
UK DEBT NOW EXCEEDS £2tn!
UK GOVERNMENT debt has risen above £2 trillion for the first time amid heavy spending to support the failing capitalist economy amid the coronavirus...
Ban zero hours! – New figures show massive rise
‘ENOUGH is enough, it’s time to follow the successful policies of other countries and ban these contracts once and for all,’ GMB’s Tim Roache...
Postal Workers Call To ‘Bring Down Tories’
ROYAL MAIL Communication Workers Union (CWU) postal workers were in a determined mood during their latest pay strike yesterday. At Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow,...
University pension strike looms after cuts
UNIVERSITY lecturers are gearing up for strike action against cuts to their pensions. Universities UK’s (UUK) announced yesterday that cuts to the pensions of university...
‘HONOUR THE GUARD GUARANTEE!’ – RMT challenges South Western
THE RMT has launched a direct challenge to South Western Railway to honour the guard guarantee on their trains. It wants a ‘yes or no’...
27 Unis – Strike Action Monday!
STRIKE action at 27 universities begins on Monday as a survey shows most UK university staff are considering leaving the sector. A third wave of...
Manchester bus strikers huge victory!
‘THIS MUST be the end of “fire and rehire”. We now have a collectively bargained agreement,’ Unite NW-54 Branches Communities Rep Sam Harvey told...
Covid-19 Crisis – London Moves To Tier 3!
‘WE MUST act now to shift the curve, when the virus develops exponentially there is not a moment to spare.’ This is what Matt Hancock,...
Sunak Is Silent Over Procurement Scandal
AT PRIME Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons yesterday PM Sunak sought to divert questions away from the developing Tory PPE procurement...
CALL HEATHROW OUT ON STRIKE! – demand defiant Alpha workers
A DEFIANT meeting of Alpha catering workers was held yesterday midday at Cranford Park, Heathrow. The workers unanimously dismissed Alpha Catering’s plan to cut the...
Balham PCS Strike Ballot Is Called!
STAFF at Balham benefit centre are being balloted for strike action having been told that their office is due to close on 31 December. This...
‘CULTURAL VANDALISM!’ Free TV licences for over-75s axed
‘TO HOBBLE the BBC in this way is, as one MP has already described, a piece of cultural vandalism. The government must face up...
NHS IS BUCKLING BEFORE OUR EYES says RCN leader Patricia Marquis
‘AS WE begin a new year, the NHS is buckling before our eyes. The pressures are immense with flu cases surging while staff absences...
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...
Parents & children lobby Downing St
OVER 500 parents and children held an angry protest outside Downing Street demanding an increase in funding for children with special educational needs and...
NHS buildings ‘verge of collapse’ – Risk of ‘corporate manslaughter’!
AN NHS hospital has commissioned a report into the risk of corporate mans-laughter charges should a fatal roof collapse occur, leaked documents exposed yesterday. West...
No Deal Brexit Is Only Way Forward
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn, yesterday displayed ‘unredacted documents’ about secret US-UK government trade talks putting the NHS on the table in any future post...
100,000 rally in Whitehall – more than 70 arrested
A HUNDRED thousand workers, students and youth rallied in Whitehall in central London on Saturday and more than 70 were arrested as they attempted...
Tories on collision course with nursing staff
‘THE government is setting itself on a collision course with nursing staff,’ the RCN (Royal College of Nursing) has warned. The RCN, which represents over...
UK abusing terrorism laws! says Amnesty International Secretary General
IN A MAJOR police state move, 29 demonstrators were arrested in London at a protest in support of Palestine Action on Saturday, the day...
Bank Raised Rates To 3% Predicts 2-Year Slump & Double Unemployment
THE Bank of England has warned the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most...
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...