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Time to bury the Tory policies driving this crisis
RICHARD BURGON MP writes that rebuilding Britain will require not simply a Labour government, but a conscious ditching of the Tory ideology and policies that have caused so much damage

ANYONE watching the Tory Party conference could only conclude that this is a government on its last legs.

Instead of offering a plan to deal with the huge crises facing our communities, it felt more like a Tory leadership hustings as ministers jockeyed for position in anticipation of losing the next election.

Lacklustre ministerial speeches in a near-empty hall offered no answers to any of the deep problems that scar our country.

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