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Scottish Labour 2015: Corbyn: We can have both peace and jobs
Labour leader weighs in on Trident

by Zoe Streatfield, in Perth

JEREMY Corbyn told the Scottish Labour conference yesterday that there was “no contradiction” between Labour’s founding principles of promoting peace and defending jobs.

Speaking in Perth, he said that Labour must secure every job in the arms industry, adding that those skills could be put to better use.

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