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Rayner hails ‘new era of partnership’ after hosting meeting between unions and businesses
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meets with volunteers helping to recover the scene at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire following disorder during an anti-immigration protest on Sunday, August 7, 2024

DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner hosted a landmark meeting between unions, business groups and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds today.

She hailed a “new era of partnership” as attendees including the TUC, Unite, Unison and GMB promised to “wipe the slate clean and begin a new relationship of respect and collaboration,” according to the Department of Business and Trade.

Ms Rayner said: “Our plan to make work pay will bring together workers and businesses, both big and small and across different industries, for the good of the economy.

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