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BRITAIN may have the highest number of LGBT MPs in the world but much is still to be done to reach true representation, trade unionists said yesterday.
Delegates at this year’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) LGBT conference called for action on the quotas of gay, lesbian, bi or transexual people in Parliament — currently at just over 5 per cent.
The House of Commons recently welcomed the coming out of two more MPs — SNP business spokeswoman Hannah Bardell and Labour shadow Welsh secretary Nia Griffith — but activists believe Westminster is still lacking in diversity.
ANN HENDERSON looks at the centenary of the foundation of the STUC women’s committee, and the challenges facing women in the trade unions today
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
TIM ROBERTS says unions have always led on the fight for equality as well as for justice at work
Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS