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A crucial time for British workers
After 14 years of Tory rule, Labour are finally in power, with some welcome measures announced in this week’s King’s Speech — but, as ever, the Devil will be in the detail, warns STEVE PREDDY
Nurses from the campaign group Unite, on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, in their continuing dispute over pay, June 27, 2024

ON BEHALF of the Unite South West and our Food Drink & Agricultural Section, we welcome everyone to the 2024 Tolpuddle Festival. 

On February 24 1834, farmworker George Loveless left for work — it would be three years before he would be back with his wife and children again.

George, and five fellow workers — James Brine, James Hammett, James Loveless, John Standfield and Thomas Standfield — were arrested, charged with making an illegal oath and transported to Australia.

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