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Cameron slammed for snub to O’Grady
PM ignored her request for a meeting sent five months ago

DAVID CAMERON was criticised yesterday for refusing to meet TUC leader Frances O’Grady over the Tories’ Trade Union Bill.

Ms O’Grady requested a meeting with the Prime Minister following the Tories’ re-election in a letter to Downing Street sent on May 15.

Five months later, Mr Cameron has not even bothered to respond to the head of Britain’s trade union federation.

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