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Widening inequality is endangering the life chances and hopes of the entire nation – it must be resisted, writes LEN McCLUSKEY

OUR union gathers in Liverpool this week to give voice to 1.4 million men and women of Britain and Ireland, members of our union, who demand better from their governments.

At the foremost of our thoughts will be the low-waged, the unemployed, the vulnerable, our children — millions of people who have had their living standards lowered and hopes diminished by austerity government.

For our UK members, there can be no doubt that if a Tory government is returned to power in 2015, the mindless austerity that the coalition has inflicted upon our people will be but child’s play — they have worse in store.

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