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Tories say one thing – do another – again…

The Prime Minister, in his interview on the Radio 4 Today programme on Monday said that everyone should pay their taxes.  This followed a question from John Humphries about “aggressive tax avoidance” – a practice the Chancellor of the Exchequer …

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Time to end the myths about EU health and safety laws. Lives and livelihoods depend on it

EU laws often get a bad rep.

Sometimes, just as with national laws, the criticism is deserved. For example, you won’t see me defending the EU Treaty rule which forces MEPs to decamp toStrasbourg every month, at great cost to …

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Repatriating powers means taking rights away from workers

Conservative calls to repatriate powers from Europe is really about taking rights away from working people.

That is the message which local MEP Glenis Willmott will deliver to an audience of trade unionists in Derby this Friday.
Glenis said: “David …

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Britain is paying the price for Cameron’s isolationism

It was tragic to see the evidence of lost British influence at yesterday’s summit in Brussels. We are an international trading economy and Cameron’s attempt to appease his back-benchers has excluded Britain from the top table.

Last night’s meeting was …

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David Cameron’s attack on worker’s rights is no substitute for a plan for growth and jobs

When someone proposes to make thousands of people redundant – and at the same time take away their best chance of finding work – those workers deserve an opportunity to put their own case forward.

So when Liz Sayce’s report …

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