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Londoners call time on coalition's NHS attack
Thousands marched on Whitehall on Saturday to fend off the government's brutal assault on the NHS. Health workers, trade unionists, campaigners and politicians marched from Jubilee Gardens in South Bank and over Waterloo bridge, where they unfurled a...
Head teachers slam fear-led Gove
Head teachers hit back at the "cycle of despair" being peddled by Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove today by setting out their own progressive alternatives. School leaders passed a landmark motion of no confidence in the Con-Dem...
Activists launch Tapp appeal fund
Trade unionists in north-west England launched an appeal fund today to help anti-blacklisting campaigner George Tapp who was mown down by a hit and run driver last week. As reported in Friday's Morning Star, 64-year-old electrician Mr Tapp was demonstrat
Scottish readers set sights on Star's future
Scotland led the way on Saturday with a Glasgow event uniting the nation's Morning Star organisers and journalists to plot the advance of the people's paper. The Scottish supporters conference was the first of its kind specifically to discuss tactics to
Slasher Osborne won't end crisis, warns top economist
Leading economist Ann Pettifor ripped apart "slasher" Chancellor George Osborne today at the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) 100th general council meeting. Ms Pettifor said that only public spending and creating jobs would pull...
Rights groups give cautious welcome to Clare's law bid
Women's rights activists voiced cautious optimism today as Association of Scottish Police Superintendents president David O'Connor confirmed he would be lobbying colleagues at the group's annual conference to back "Clare's law." The scheme,...
Thousands ride on Holyrood in protest at budget 'crumbs'
Thousands of cyclists swarmed through Edinburgh's Meadows today to protest against the "crumbs" offered to them in Scotland's transport budget. An estimated 5,000 people joined the Pedal on Parliament - a winding, mile-and-a-half long...
EU meltdown as Tories fall into civil war
An escalating Tory civil war left Prime Minister David Cameron swivel-eyed and isolated in his Eton-dominated Whitehall bunker today. Tory newspapers claimed that one of Mr Cameron's closest allies had dubbed his party's activists "swivel-eyed...
Healey admits: We lied about oil wealth
Former Labour chancellor Denis Healey admitted today his government downplayed Scotland's oil wealth to ward off rising support for independence. The 95-year-old Labour lord said Westminster politicians are "worried stiff" about losing...
'Savage cuts' prompt Stirling Council staff strike ballot
Angry workers at Stirling Council will ballot for strike action after it moved to pull out of talks over "savage cuts" to pay and conditions, unions said today. Unison, Unite, GMB and Ucatt have acted together to resist the latest attack on...
Palestine activists condemn Uefa Israel decision
Palestine solidarity supporters are to target a meeting of European football bosses in London to protest their decision to hold an international tournament in Israel. Uefa is staging the European U21 finals, which include England, in Israel from June 5-1
Miliband vows tax crackdown
Labour leader Ed Miliband claimed today that he will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election. Prime Minister David Cameron will lead efforts at next month's G8 summit of world leaders to find ways of preventing multin
Leeds leads way with celebration of NHS at 65
Health service workers and campaigners in Leeds produced giant birthday cards featuring former Labour health minister Nye Bevan today to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the NHS. The NHS was founded on July 5 1948 and a number of organisations joined fo
News in brief
Sgt Pepper meets his Waterloo Abba's Best Of album has overtaken The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to become Britain's second biggest selling of all time, the Official Charts Company said today. While both have sold over 5.1 million copi
Head teachers to name and shame rogue employers
Head teachers' union NAHT warned yesterday it will name and shame academy chains and local councils that fail to treat heads fairly. NAHT is calling for a new contract between school leaders and their employers as part of a bid to improve schools. The pr
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