
THE TUC voted narrowly today to drop its support for defence diversification and back increased military spending after a heated debate.
Composite 2 on defending manufacturing jobs was adopted by 2,556,000 votes to 2,469,000 after a card vote.
Moving, GMB’s Nigel Warn said that job losses in manufacturing would be devastating for working-class communities “from Glasgow to Barrow-in-Furness to Derby.”

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers