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TRADE union leader Manuel Cortes is today demanding that ministers and business leaders be scrutinised in Parliament for their role in the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook.
The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association general secretary will meet Commons business committee chair Rachel Reeves this afternoon to discuss the scandal.
He is expected to demand that Ms Reeves haul Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser in front of the committee to justify the company’s closure, which has cost 9,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
