Huddersfield University UCU fighting large scale sackings
THE University and College Union (UCU) yesterday slammed the University of Huddersfield for large-scale redundancy proposals that could see staff lose their jobs by...
Starmer Calls For A Ban On Russia Today
‘WE MUST do more to defeat Putin’s campaign of lies and disinformation,’ Labour leader Keir Starmer told the House of Commons yesterday at PMQs. ‘Russia...
Labour in crisis after shock Runcorn defeat
REFORM UK’s shock win in Runcorn & Helsby has plunged Labour into crisis. Nigel Farage’s candidate Sarah Pochin snatched the seat by a mere six...
Suspend inquiry unless panellist immediately replaced say Grenfell campaigners
THE SECOND phase of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire began yesterday with families and friends of the 72 men, women and children...
US Lawyers Launch Bid To Have Assange Extradited From The UK
US LAWYERS yesterday launched a fresh attempt to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns about the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health should...
Labour Budget Will Drive 250,000 Into Poverty!
LABOUR Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a vicious £4.8bn cuts onslaught on the working class and poor in her Spring Statement yesterday. According to the government’s...
UK-TATA £1.2bn DEAL – 3,000 JOBS TO GO!
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...
Coronavirus–10,000 troops on the streets!
‘OPERATION Broadshare’ has been launched by the military to put 10,000 troops on the streets. The military said that it will work alongside the...
Tube Strike began 12.00am
TWO 24-hour Tube strikes began at 12 midnight and on Thursday, with RMT members walking out over Transport for London’s (TfL) ‘continued refusal to...
Chancellor Reeves in a crisis as pound plummits to 14-month low
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has come under intense scrutiny after a turbulent period in the financial markets sent the pound plummeting to a 14-month low...
RCN: No fees! Restore bursaries! Cancel debt!
‘FORCING student nurses to pay tuition fees has been a disaster,’ the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said yesterday, demanding that all student nurses’...
The prince and the oligarch
AN investment bank, led by an oligarch who collaborated with Prince Charles on charity work, managed a network of offshore companies moving billions out...
Johnson ignores the crisis & praises USA!
‘IT WAS CAPITALISM that ensured we had vaccines in less than a year,’ Tory PM Johnson boasted in his closing speech at the Tory...
Starmer eager to work with the bosses and the military
LABOUR Party leader Keir Starmer followed up his refusal to support the £15-an-hour motion carried by the conference on Monday by boasting in his...
Labour split over Scottish Referendum!
SCOTTISH Labour may hold a special conference in the spring to decide whether to change its stance on supporting a second Scottish independence referendum. The...
‘Get rid of all privatised companies’ urge the striking Junior Doctors
Junior doctors manned a lively and determined picket outside the Maudsley Hospital in south London yesterday, determined to defend their patients and the NHS. Laith...
Met strip-searched 14-year-old girl as male officers looked on
THREE-QUARTERS of the thousands of children who are strip-searched by police forces around the UK each year are black, the BBC’s File On 4...
Rally against St Mungo’s union-busting!
‘ST MUNGO’S should hang its head in shame,’ said Unite ahead of today’s solidarity midday rally outside the homelessness charity’s London HQ in St...
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...
‘We’re striking to defend the NHS!’ – Junior Doctors
‘WE’RE striking to defend the NHS,’ doctors said on the over 200-strong rally of junior doctors outside University College Hospital in central London yesterday. There...
Rolls-Royce 94% ‘YES’ for strike! – after threat to move entire operation to Singapore
WORKERS at the historic Rolls-Royce plant in Barnoldswick have voted 94% ‘YES’ for strike action in opposition to plans to move the site to...
McDonnell pledges £500bn investment – as deputy leader Watson quits
‘WE STAND in the best tradition of British socialism,’ Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell said to cheers, outlining yesterday Labour’s economic policy for the...
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...
GUAIDO SETS THE SCENE FOR US MILITARY INTERVENTION
VENEZUELA’S self-declared interim leader Juan Guaidó has set up a confrontation over US aid by calling for Venezuelans to cross borders and bring it...
3.5% NHS pay rise a ‘sick joke’ says Unite
DISMISSING the government’s 3.5 per cent proposal on NHS pay announced on Tuesday as a ‘sick joke’, Unite said yesterday that ‘this will accelerate...
Another huge show of strength! – UCU strike rally, King’s Cross 1.00pm today
‘Vice chancellors are about to witness another huge show of strength,’ UCU (University and College Union) General Secretary Jo Grady said yesterday, speaking ahead...
Mass Pickets Of Striking Junior Doctors Today!
MASS PICKETS of striking junior doctors take place today from 8am-11am outside St Thomas’ Hospital opposite Parliament in central London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in...
Israeli Tanks Mass On Border Fence!
AS HUNDREDS of Israeli tanks amassed on the border fence ahead of their invasion of Gaza, medical authorities in the Gaza Strip said yesterday...
Victory to the Crown Post Office strikers!
‘THE 97.3% strike vote shows the anger of our members and their determination to defeat the pay freeze,’ Mole Meade, Communication Workers Union (CWU)...
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...
British Steel formally taken into public ownership
BRITISH Steel has formally been taken into public ownership, fifteen months after the government intervened to prevent the closure of its Scunthorpe steelworks and...
Tories drop debate and vote
THE GOVERNMENT has dropped the debate and vote on The Financial Services Bill which seeks to secure funds that can be released if there...
‘INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE!’ – demands McCluskey after state attack on Corbyn
UNITE leader Len McCluskey yesterday demanded an investigation into claims made by two journalists in an article in The Times newspaper that senior civil...
‘It’s Time For A General Strike!’
HAMMERSMITH and City Line Tube RMT branch secretary Ian Flatman, told News Line: ‘The strike here is absolutely solid. It’s time for a general...
Kwarteng’s mini budget is a major attack on the working class
CHANCELLOR Kwasi Kwarteng yesterday unveiled his mini-budget that will see the working class and the poor robbed, in order to further enrich the UK...
Frontline NHS staff must be vaccinated! – Many NHS staff have lost their...
FRONTLINE health and social care workers must be given every opportunity to have the Covid-19 vaccine, BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul has said. Dr Nagpaul...
Unite rejects cutting NHS ‘sick notes!’
GOVERNMENT proposals to force GPs to sign fewer sick notes for workers have been rejected by Doctors in Unite, which represents GPs and doctors...
STOP HEATHROW JOBS BLOODBATH – Unite must call national strike action now!
‘UNITE must call national strike action now to stop the jobs bloodbath at Heathrow Airport,’ British Airways ground staff worker Jamil Singh told News...
‘Grenfell Tower was a death trap before any firefighter arrived!’ – says Matt Wrack...
MATT WRACK, the FBU general secretary, said yesterday in response to the Grenfell Tower inquiry phase one report: ‘The Inquiry’s interim report must finally...
Johnson Hands Power To Decide To Bosses
‘WE ARE going to give employers more discretion, and ask them to make decisions about how their staff can work safely,’ Tory PM Johnson...
ENERGY BILLS SET TO RISE! – economy is heading for a 2008-style crash
UK ENERGY bills are set to rise even higher, with suppliers warning of a ‘nationwide crisis’ and a 2008-style financial crash. Several ‘providers’ including Good...
Postal Workers Will Not Accept Their Livelihoods Being Destroyed!
THOUSANDS of postal workers have voted in favour of more strikes in the long-running dispute over pay. More than 95% of staff who voted in...
War on workers & youth – National Insurance 1.25% hike, UC cut £20...
‘WE WILL FIX the long term problems of health and social care that have been so cruelly exposed by Covid,’ Tory PM Johnson said...
Labour to launch war on disabled
THE LABOUR government will declare war on the disabled when Chancellor Reeves returns from China this week it was reported yesterday, as the media...
BEIS 3-day strike – ‘We demand Living Wage!’
OUTSOURCED workers, who provide catering and cleaning services in government offices, took the first of three days of strike yesterday demanding the London Living...