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In a speech to the party conference, outgoing TUC president MATT WRACK celebrates Labour’s return to power, arguing the movement must now push for a radical shift in Britain’s power balance away from the billionaire class
Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, speaks to the media, next to the Grenfell Memorial Wall in west London, following the publication of the final report by the long-running Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which has presented findings on how
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
I AM very proud to be speaking today as the outgoing president of the Trades Union Congress, representing 5.5 million workers.
And it gives me great pleasure to say that I am the first TUC president to address this conference under a Labour government in 15 years.
The last time that happened, in 2009, Gordon Brown was the prime minister, David James was keeping goal for England, and, most iconically, Lady Gaga had just made her first arrival into the UK Top 10.
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