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Cameron slammed for snub to O’Grady
PM ignored her request for a meeting sent five months ago
DAVID CAMERON was criticised yesterday for refusing to meet TUC leader Frances O’Grady over the Tories’ Trade Union Bill.
Ms O’Grady requested a meeting with the Prime Minister following the Tories’ re-election in a letter to Downing Street sent on May 15.
Five months later, Mr Cameron has not even bothered to respond to the head of Britain’s trade union federation.
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