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Labour must be pressed to deliver for working people
From a progressive transport agenda, to public spending, investment and sectoral collective bargaining, our union wants to see the long-overdue improvements that workers need and deserve, says MICK LYNCH

AHEAD of TUC Congress, our movement stands at a crucial crossroads.

The election of a Labour government was a significant step forward on the road to improving the lives of working-class people in this country.

Fourteen years of Tory rule had ruined the country, and we needed to see the back of them.

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