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• Change for the better shows why it was smart to back Labour

  22-09-2024 14:02
  
  Commenting on the deputy prime minister’s speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today (Sunday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Angela Rayner showed why the UK was right to vote for a Labour government. Under the Tories, working people got a raw deal, both in their jobs and at home.
  “But now genuine change has begun. The coming employment rights bill will transform the world of work, leaving shady bosses with nowhere to hide.
  “As a former car
  
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• Gritted teeth: volunteers and party protests

  22-09-2024 12:42 via publiclibrariesnews.com
  
  EditorialThere are two articles this week – one from Sheffield and one from Waltham Forest – that remind me it has been over fourteen years when the first local people started having to volunteer to keep their libraries open due to council cuts. The strong suspicion at the time was that such libraries were not going to last long, due to people losing their enthusiasm or being unable to meet funding requirements. However, come now and there are at least 621 volunteer libraries in the
  
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