Home News UK Page 3

UK

Home news from around the United Kingdom

Tories Moving To Dump Truss!

0
YESTERDAY, PM Truss was fighting for her political life against a Tory faction that is determined to ditch her as soon as possible, if...

Tories ‘concealed building safety risks’ – Grenfell inquiry hears

0
THE GRENFELL Inquiry heard yesterday that the government ‘concealed the risks of building safety’ and that deregulation ‘should be regarded as one of the...

50 Workers Chasing Every Job

0
AROUND 20 unemployed workers are chasing every job vacancy in poorer parts of the UK, with that number rising to 50 in the areas...

Prevention rather than cure! – Tories unveil 10-year plan to smash NHS

0
‘THE NHS long term plan is as much about prevention, and early diagnosis, as treatment and recovery,’ PM May said speaking on The Andrew...

Deputy leader Watson condemns Labour EU policy

0
LABOUR members’ ‘hearts are Remain’ Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson claimed yesterday addressing the Centre for European Reform. He went on to insist that...

‘We will make Britain a defence industrial superpower’ says Reeves – NHS budget...

0
‘WE WILL make Britain a defence industrial superpower,’ Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves declared in the House of Commons yesterday, as she revealed that military...

Busworkers launch a national health & safety campaign

0
A POWERFUL busworkers march and rally was held in central London yesterday to launch a national campaign for better health and safety as well...

Corbyn calls for Customs Union and Single Market

0
‘IT IS TIME for Parliament to take control,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday, responding to Tory PM May’s statement to Parliament on the...

Tory Party civil war escalates! – Sunak and Johnson trade insults

0
THE TORY Party civil war was ratcheted up yesterday as PM Rishi Sunak accused his predecessor Boris Johnson of asking him to overrule a...

‘Education needs more money NOW!’ – insists Courtney as 300,000 teachers strike today

0
HUNDREDS of thousands of members of the National Education Union (NEU) are on strike in 23,400 schools throughout England and Wales today and next...

Corbyn moves against Brexit! – towards government of national unity

0
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill asking him to rule out a no-deal Brexit on October 31, reneging on...

Starmer in National Government mode praises Johnson

0
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer sought to outbid the Tories in anti-Russian war rhetoric when he was interviewed on BBC TV yesterday morning. Claiming that...

‘US jobs haemorrhaging’ 26m now unemployed

0
‘THE US economy is haemorrhaging jobs at a pace and scale never before recorded,’ Scott Anderson, chief economist at the Bank of the West...

CORBYN WINS INQUIRY INTO UK’s ROLE IN ISRAEL’S GAZA GENOCIDE

0
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...

Nationalise P&O now!

0
‘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...

Starmer Refuses To Rule Out Public Sector Cuts!

0
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for Parliament to be recalled so MPs can abandon last week’s mini-budget ‘before any more damage is...

Russia Today fined £200,000!

0
BRITISH broadcast regulator Ofcom has just slapped Russia Today (RT) with a six-figure £200,000 fine for allegedly breaching impartiality rules. The fine comes before a...

‘No’ to Labour’s ‘two-tier welfare!’

0
Starmer has announced hurried alterations to the Labour welfare bill after more than 120 Labour MPs signalled their intention to vote against it, threatening...

Starmer announces militarisation of UK economy

0
‘BOOTS on the ground, planes in the air,’ Labour Prime Minister Starmer declared in the House of Commons yesterday. In a speech to a packed...

Striking Nurses To March On Downing Street!

0
STRIKING nurses are marching on Downing Street today, leaving UCLH (University College London Hospital) at 2.30pm, as nursing staff go on strike in what...

Public ownership of energy – urges Unite

0
UNITE hit out yesterday at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would halt new gas and oil production in the North Sea...

Six million waiting for NHS treatment – Highest since records began

0
ALMOST six million people are waiting to have hospital treatment in England, the latest NHS monthly performance statistics revealed yesterday. The number of patients on...

No Xmas Wages For 600 Workers

0
THE collapse of construction firm Clugston has halted work on Newcastle University’s new £39m extension and £25m sports centre. Clugston, which employs more than 600...

Assange Must Be Freed!

0
ALMOST a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret US documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide...

Felixstowe & Merseyside dockers striking this month!

0
DOCKERS at Britain’s two major ports – Merseyside and Felixstowe – are to strike together at the end of this month and the beginning...

Tories scrap Leeds leg of HS2 – trade unions must take action

0
THE TUC, Unite, RMT, GMB, Aslef and TSSA all said yesterday that the Tories scrapping of the Leeds leg of the HS2 was a...

Johnson to remove restrictions – Putting transport staff’s lives at risk – warns RMT

0
‘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...

Parliament in crisis over Taliban victory!

0
THE HOUSE of Commons met on Wednesday morning at 9.30 am to discuss the implications of the major defeat suffered by both the US...

‘THEY WILL NOT FORGET–THEY WILL NOT FORGIVE’ – Tory MP warns over the Grenfell...

0
IN THE House of Commons on Wednesday, Conservative MP Royston Smith said the housing market was at risk of partial ‘collapse’, with many leaseholders...

Call an emergency TUC Congress to defy anti-strike laws – says FBU leader Matt...

0
TRADE unions must build a campaign to defy the anti-strike laws being pushed through Parliament by the Tories, Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt...

RATE RISES AND A SHRINKING ECONOMY PREDICTS BoE

0
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...

Fresh Tory council cuts – Vital services axed

0
THE NEW financial year has kicked in, and with every council budget being cut to the bone the future of leisure centres, council run...

Hammond pledges to bring down no-deal Tories!

0
Chancellor Hammond said yesterday that he would seek to bring down the Tory government if it tried to take Britain out of the European...

No joint press conference in Luxembourg – ‘We’re ready for no-deal’ – Johnson

0
TORY PM Boris Johnson yesterday travelled to Luxembourg to meet EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and the country’s PM Xavier Bettel. After the meeting, Johnson...

TUC’s Nowak condemns Israeli genocide of Palestinians!

0
‘IN Gaza there’s a humanitarian crisis that shames the world. Thousands of starving civilians – women and children killed while queuing for food, hospitals,...

WORKING CLASS MUST TAKE POWER IN 2020! New Year’s Day Manifesto

0
THE News Line Editorial Board sends revolutionary greetings for 2020 to all our readers, and to the working class, youth and the poor who...

Cases of police sexual abuse are rising! – Warns Independent Office for Police Conduct...

0
CASES of police abusing their role for sexual gain have risen sharply, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) warned yesterday, revealing the fact...

BT Group Votes For Strike Action

0
CWU general secretary Dave Ward, announced yesterday at a press conference that a vote for strike action was carried by CWU members in the...

NO POWER FOR 9 DAYS! – ‘totally unacceptable’ says Kwarteng

0
IT IS ‘totally unacceptable’, that over 4,000 households in North East England remain without power more than nine days after Storm Arwen tore down...

Johnson Mortally Wounded In Confidence Vote

0
TORY PM Boris Johnson was mortally wounded in the no confidence vote in parliament last night, with 40% of Tory MPs voting against his...

Striking Doctors Besiege Tories In Manchester

0
STRIKING Junior Doctors and Consultants are laying siege to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester today, determined to defend the NHS against vicious Tory...

Tories knew NHS couldn’t cope with pandemic

0
THE TORY government hid the outcome of an exercise it conducted on how the NHS would cope with a pandemic because it considered the...

UK-TATA £1.2bn DEAL – 3,000 JOBS TO GO!

0
WELSH ministers and Tata bosses are due to continue talks this week about the future of the Port Talbot site. The UK government and Tata...

Met Students Confined To Rooms By Security Guards!

0
STUDENTS at Manchester Metropolitan University are confined to their rooms, with security officers keeping them inside. In a statement, Manchester Met said: ‘Our security teams...

Tories Refuse Additional Help To Gp Practices! – BMA

0
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...