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GEORGE Osborne claimed the Tories are the real party of working people yesterday, while dodging his cuts to tax credit and devastating job losses in Redcar.
And he revealed plans to devolve business rates and “phase out” grants to local authorities — severely hampering redistribution of wealth across the country.
“We all want more decisions to be made locally. But by devolving business rates without any national safeguards, regional inequalities will get wider,” warned TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady.
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs
