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The Weekly paper of the New Communist Party of Britain

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IMPERIALISTS MUST KEEP CLIMATE PROMISES

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah el Sisi welcomed world leaders taking part in the UN’s COP27 climate change conference at the seaside resort of Sharm el Sheikh on Sunday. As many as 120 leaders are attending the two-week summit, together with nearly 27,000 government representatives, about 14,000 observers and more than 3,000 media representatives. And along the Red Sea coast the voice of the leaders of the nations of the South is being heard loudly calling on the imperialists to honour their past promises, reduce polluting gases and supply the funds promised to the less developed countries to face this problem.

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NHS workers gear up

by Theo Russell

UP AND DOWN the country health service workers are preparing to strike over pay. Members of the Royal College of Midwives in England and Wales are balloting for industrial action whilst their colleagues north of the border have already voted in favour of walk-outs.

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Editorials

Support the nurses! + So long Gavin Williamson

NHS NURSES have voted to strike over pay for the first time in their union’s 106-year history. The Royal College of Nurses (RCN) says it will take industrial action before Christmas following a ballot of its 300,000 strong members across the country. The Government offered an £1,400 pay rise – which after inflation, now around 12 per cent, would be a significant pay cut in real terms.

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