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Voters are right to feel Parliament ‘isn't working for them’, Corbyn says
The Labour leader says politics is about ‘sharing power and wealth with people who don’t have a lot of money and don’t have friends in high places’
abour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives with Katrina Gilman, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Telford, to give a speech at the University of Wolverhampton.

LABOUR in government will “tear down the barriers” that are holding too many people back in life, Jeremy Corbyn said today.

Speaking in the marginal seat of Telford, Shropshire, the Labour leader laid out his vision for a government that is “on your side.”

Criticising the arrogance of politicians who believe they are“born to rule,” Mr Corbyn attacked the “childish insults, rowdy MPs and unbelievably weird rules” of the House of Commons.

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