Editorial
Free care at point of need
There's a clear message from the Labour Party's research into care of the disabled and the elderly and it's don't move to Brighton and Hove.
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Britain
Doctors attack unsafe new NHS IT system
Saturday 15 July 2006
CONCERNED doctors criticised the massive new NHS IT system yesterday, claiming that the project would harm patient confidentiality.
Simpson and Corbyn appeal over hacker's extradition
Saturday 15 July 2006
LABOUR MPs Alan Simpson and Jeremy Corbyn issued an urgent last-minute appeal yesterday against the extradition to the US of British computer hacker Gary McKinnon.
Porton Down report shows unethical practices
Saturday 15 July 2006
A REPORT published yesterday by the Ministry of Defence admitted that some trials of chemical agents on human volunteers at Porton Down from the 1940s to the 1970s involved "serious departures" from ethical standards.
Amicus blasts Metronet Rail for outsourcing escalator repairs
Saturday 15 July 2006
ANGRY union members at Tube privateer Metronet Rail condemned the company over plans to "outsource" the refurbishment of escalators yesterday.
Bow Street court closes
Saturday 15 July 2006
BOW Street magistrates' court in London closed its doors for the final time yesterday in preparation for its transformation into a luxury hotel.
Protesters blast Mexican poll 'fraud'
Saturday 15 July 2006
SOLIDARITY campaigners converged on the Mexican embassy in London yesterday to protest against "blatant vote-rigging" and other alleged fraud in the country's recent presidential election.
Labour Party denies £25m debt claims
Saturday 15 July 2006
THE Labour Party insisted that it was in a "stable" financial position yesterday, despite reportedly running up debts of around £25 million.
Levy's arrest 'wasn't theatre'
Friday 14 July 2006
SCOTLAND Yard angrily rejected suggestions from disgraced ex-home secretary David Blunkett yesterday that Lord Levy's arrest in the "cash for honours" probe had been "theatrical."
Wolfgang lashes out at Labour manoeuvring
Friday 14 July 2006
LABOUR activists warned yesterday of a sleazy plot by Downing Street control freaks to stop veteran campaigner Walter Wolfgang and fellow progressives from winning seats on the party's national executive.
Unions hail pensions judgement
Friday 14 July 2006
INDUSTRY unions Community and Amicus welcomed a preliminary European court judgement yesterday over their 100 per cent pension payout claim on behalf of 1,000 members.