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If May wants an economy that works for all, she should stop subsidising companies to pay poverty wages
Why do we tolerate high-profit companies being given a licence to exploit their workers, asks SALMAN SHAHEEN

AFTER eight years of a Tory government that has seen the explosion of foodbanks, the rise of zero-hours contracts, stagnant wages, in-work poverty and the erosion of living standards for the poorest in society, Theresa May has finally declared we need an economy that works for all.

It would be too easy to fisk her piece in the Observer.

“I want the British people to have the very best. A first-class health service, which is there for all of us in our time of need.”

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