Tag: britain
Labour Conference resolves to sanction Israel’s illegal occupation
THE LABOUR Party Conference in Brighton overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Israel for perpetrating an ‘ongoing Nakba’ in the occupied Palestinian territories. The motion, brought by...
Labour conference votes for £15-an-hour minimum wage. Bakers’ union disaffiliates from...
THE BAKERS’ union (BFAWU), which was one of the first unions to fight to set up the Labour Party in 1902, disaffiliated from the...
Working Class Is On The March – Tuc Must Call A...
DRIVEN forward by the shock of capitalism’s energy catastrophe the working class is now on the march. Unite Wales union NHS members have voted to...
5,500 petrol stations run dry! Bad pay & conditions force truckers...
THE SPIRALLING cost of energy, combined with a lorry driver shortage and now panic buying, has resulted in 5,500 petrol stations across the country...
British capitalism hit by unending crisis – put it out of...
WITH the petrol stations closing, British capitalism suffered another shock yesterday when it was announced that the UK’s second biggest oil refinery is on...
IRAN IS READY FOR TALKS ON REVIVING 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL! –...
FOREIGN Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is ready to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal but the administration of US President Joe...
‘There is no fuel shortage,’ says Shapps as the bosses shut...
THERE is ‘no shortage of fuel’ and people should be ‘sensible’ and only fill up when they need to, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said...
Put an end to bankrupt capitalism! Forward to the victory of...
THE CRISIS of capitalism is now acute. It has reached the point of explosion, with its very life blood – gas and electricity now...
Workers hit by global gas hike – Unison warns of big...
An unprecedented rise in the price of gas has sent shock waves through the UK energy market, forcing energy suppliers out of business, threatening...
Tory ‘Orwellian’ attempts to cover Grenfell Tower atrocities in secrecy
THE CAMPAIGN group ‘openDemocracy’ has revealed evidence of a concerted campaign by a secretive government Freedom of Information (FOI) screening unit to interfere with...
Johnson ready to hand billions to bosses! – as unions refuse...
THE JOHNSON government is to pay out tens of millions of pounds to restart production of carbon dioxide at a key plant in the...
Only nationalisation under socialism can provide a solution to energy crisis!
IN THEIR desperation to prevent a complete meltdown of Britain’s food industry the Tories have agreed to pump tens of millions of pounds into...
Strike ballots will open at UK universities on October 18th
The University and College Union (UCU) has confirmed that strike ballots will open at UK universities on Monday 18 October in rows over USS...
Israel is being held responsible for the lives and safety of...
NEARLY 200 human rights organisations are holding Israel fully responsible for the lives and safety of six Palestinian prisoners who tunnelled their way out...
Oppose all cuts to ticket office hours at LNER – demand...
A coalition of organisations joined together on Monday to oppose train operator LNER’s proposed cuts to ticket office opening hours at Berwick-upon-Tweed; Darlington; Doncaster;...
UK capitalism crashes under impact of energy crisis – put it...
TORY ministers were locked in crisis talks with energy suppliers yesterday as the threat of gas shortages in Britain are so huge that they...
Hamas denounces Arab countries’ normalisation deals with Israel
HAMAS has denounced the ‘normalisation deals’ with Israel, because they are aimed at legitimatising the regime in the Middle East and forging an alliance...
A further half a million will be in fuel poverty! warns...
‘THERE is absolutely no question of the lights going out,’ Kwasi Kwarteng, Tory business secretary claimed yesterday He was making a statement after a number...
Entente Cordiale Is Binned As The UK Backstabs France Which Vows...
IT HAS emerged that the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the UK and the US, to supply Australia with nuclear submarines was agreed in...
Consumers facing huge oil & gas price rises!
THE TORY government claimed yesterday that there is no threat to the UK gas supplies, despite four energy privateers being widely tipped to go...
Grenfell Towers are everywhere! Capitalism cannot be regulated, it must be...
THE TORY government is pushing its Building Safety Bill that it says addresses the big issue of fire safety raised by the horrific Grenfell...
Nursing on a ‘knife-edge’ RCN warn of intensifying staffing crisis
NURSES’ unions have declared that World Patient Safety Day 2021 must be a ‘wake-up call’ to ministers to tackle – ‘urgently’ – the nursing...
Bank of England under pressure as inflation runs riot – socialist...
THE UK INFLATION rate hit a nine-year high in August with prices increasing by 3.2%, a sharp increase from the 2% recorded in July,...
‘Cold War mentality’ – China slams UK, US & Australia’s...
THE UK, US and Australia have announced a security pact in the Asia-Pacific, to step up their war against China. China’s embassy in Washington...
Tory split widens over £20 UC cut
TORY PM Johnson faced splits in his ranks as Conservatives opposed the £20 a week cut to Universal Credit in a vote in Parliament...
UK bans Chinese ambassador to step foot in Parliament! The enemy...
THE UK government stepped up its war with China this week when it took the decision to ban the Chinese ambassador to the UK...
End all collaboration between TUC and Tories – build a new...
TRADES Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Frances O’Grady’s speech to its annual conference contained no call for action from the unions to fight Tory...
Frontline workers demand ‘scrap Policing Bill’
Over 660 frontline healthcare, community, social and education workers have called for the Policing Bill to be scrapped ahead of a key debate in...
Vaccines for 12-15s – boosters for 50+ says Johnson
‘I WANT to set out our plan for Covid this winter and in many ways the situation we face is even more challenging than...
Frontline workers demand ‘scrap Policing Bill’
Over 660 frontline healthcare, community, social and education workers have called for the Policing Bill to be scrapped ahead of a key debate in...
Tories prepare for perfect storm of anger from workers – General...
AS THE annual conference of the TUC, this year conducted on-line, opens, the GMB union released analysis of official data showing that 100,000 care...
‘We refuse to become informants’ – Doctors, nurses and teachers...
DOCTORS, nurses and teachers have warned that the Police Bill will turn them into police informants. The Bill, to be debated in the House of...
NHS 50,000 Doctors Short!
THE NHS is 50,000 doctors short new British Medical Association (BMA) re-search released yesterday has found. The number of doctors in England has fallen even...
Tories unleash savage cuts on South Western Railway – RMT launches...
TRANSPORT union the RMT is stepping up its campaign today against ‘swingeing cuts’ on South Western Railway which will unleash an attack on rail...
20 years since 9/11 and imperialism has been driven out of...
TODAY is exactly two decades after the terror attacks on the United States on 11 September, 2001. That morning, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two Boeing...
FBU launch DECON campaign to protect against toxic fire contaminants
Fire contaminants are directly linked to and can increase the risk of cancer and other diseases. The FBU has launched its new trailblazing campaign...
Met Commissioner Dick given 2-year extension – ‘Kick Dick out! Disband...
THE TORY government have offered the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, a two-year extension to her term in office with campaigners for justice furious...
Tax hike for workers while rich pay zero! – 1.25% NI...
A VOTE took place last night, fast tracking the Johnson government’s 1.25% hike on National Insurance to pay for social care announced only on...
Zionist regime humiliated as Palestinians rise-up – Forward to The State...
ISRAEL was dealt a massive humiliating blow early Monday morning when six Palestinian prisoners tunnelled their way out of the Gilbao maximum-security jail. Five of...
War on workers & youth – National Insurance 1.25% hike,...
‘WE WILL FIX the long term problems of health and social care that have been so cruelly exposed by Covid,’ Tory PM Johnson said...
Steady rise in hospitalised Covid patients!
THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has taken a back seat in the news recently. Most public health restrictions in relation to the pandemic were lifted on 19...
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...
Meet Tory payback time for working class with a general strike...
THE END of September is ‘payback time’ for the working class as far as the Tories are concerned. This is when all the debt incurred...
Lebanon Imports More Fuel From Iran
IRAN’S Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran is ready to sell more fuel to the Lebanese government and businessmen if need be, as an...
End imperialist war by bringing an end to imperialism through...
A NEW report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University has exposed the death toll of imperialist wars across the globe. It...