‘We need to hear about hope’: unions greet Keir Starmer TUC speech with mixed emotions

‘We need to hear about hope’: unions greet Keir Starmer TUC speech with mixed emotions

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​Enthusiasm for public sector pay awards tempered by concern over winter fuel payment cuts and job losses UK politics live – latest updates“We’re hearing an awful lot about tough times: it’s like being in a Dickens novel. What comes after the tough times? We need to hear about hope.”Onay Kasab, the national lead officer for the Unite trade union, was addressing a leftwing fringe meeting, but similar sentiments reverberated through the bars and coffee shops at this week’s TUC congress in Brighton. Continue reading… 

Enthusiasm for public sector pay awards tempered by concern over winter fuel payment cuts and job losses

UK politics live – latest updates

“We’re hearing an awful lot about tough times: it’s like being in a Dickens novel. What comes after the tough times? We need to hear about hope.”

Onay Kasab, the national lead officer for the Unite trade union, was addressing a leftwing fringe meeting, but similar sentiments reverberated through the bars and coffee shops at this week’s TUC congress in Brighton.

Continue reading… 

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