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McDonnell: We will transform working lives
Labour will set £10-an-hour minimum wage, ditch universal credit and cut working week to 32 hours
LABOUR in government will introduce a four-day working week, John McDonnell announced yesterday as delegates backed calls for the radical move.
The shadow chancellor’s comments came after a motion tabled by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at the party’s annual conference in Brighton advocating the change was passed.
The shadow chancellor announced that Labour would cut the average working week to 32 hours within a decade — and eliminate in-work poverty in its first term in government, restoring union and workplace rights, introducing collective bargaining and establishing a £10-an-hour living wage.
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