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‘Labour’s first mission is to grow the economy and the industrial strategy will be at its heart’
Ahead of TUC Congress, Berny Torre talks to general secretary PAUL NOWAK about the importance of making sure the first Labour government in 15 years delivers on the New Deal For Workers; reform of the broken universal credit system; and the tragedy of migrants drowning in the Channel
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 11, 2023

UNIONS want Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget to put “flesh on the bones” for a strong industrial strategy and Labour to adopt “flexible” fiscal rules that do not hold back growth, the TUC’s general secretary says.

In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the start of the union federation’s annual Congress in Brighton, Paul Nowak explained why he is confident the government will deliver the New Deal for Working People in full.

The union leader called for wider welfare reforms, including targeted support, so pensioners due to lose winter fuel payments aren’t afraid to put on the heating this winter.

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