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Lecturers at Queen Mary University of London called off a planned strike last week after management retreated over a new assessment structure.

About 100 staff and students protested at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (Conel) this Tuesday lunchtime, furious at the sacking of Dee Topping, an assistant teacher at the further education college.

Saturday’s Gaza solidarity demo in London (Video: Terry McGrath)

Thousands of marchers wielding placards and umbrellas wound their way through Lewisham in south east London today, Saturday, to defend their local health services.

Thousands of students marched in central London today, Wednesday, to protest against the coalition attacks on education. The demonstration, which began at Temple, saw students from across Britain take apart.

The Unite the Resistance conference saw around 1,000 people fill London’s huge Emmanuel Centre for a lively debate on the way forward last Saturday.

Workers at two different parts of Amnesty International struck in London on Tuesday of this week.

Teachers at Connaught School for Girls in Leytonstone, east London, plan an indefinite programme of two-day strikes against the school becoming an academy.

Lecturers to walk out at Queen Mary Lecturers at Queen Mary University in east London were set to strike on Thursday of this week over redundancies and attacks on conditions.

Over 300 people protested outside the European Commission in London on Wednesday of last week in solidarity with the strikes in Europe.

Around 100 health workers and activists from Lewisham Save Our A&E campaign in south east London met on Wednesday last week to build for the demonstration next Saturday.

Some 250 people packed into a conference on Kurds in the Changing Middle East in central London last weekend.