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Government turns its back on victims of blacklisting
Unite accuses Tories of "once again washing its hands of responsibility for ending the blacklisting of workers"

Despite MPs calling for blacklisting firms to be banned from public-sector contracts, the government is still refusing to act.

Business Minister Margot James told SNP MP Chris Stephens it was up to individual councils to decide.

That latest refusal comes after Unite helped another of its members win reinstatement after being blacklisted for raising health and safety concerns.

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