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Put an end to austerity once and for all
After six years of Tory rule it’s clear for all to see that their cuts agenda isn’t working for anybody – except the 1 per cent, says TIM ROACHE

THE Chancellor’s Autumn Statement later this month comes at a crossroads for our country.

The new Prime Minister has sacked George Osborne but the government has not yet ended his poisonous policies.

If Philip Hammond wants to make any kind of mark at all then he must kill stone dead George Osborne’s austerity policies.

  • Tim Roache is general secretary of the GMB.
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