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“Good chance” Tory manifesto will make it nigh impossible to strike
30 January 2014
London mayor Boris Johnson has said there is a “good chance” the Conservative Party Manifesto for 2015 will include tougher restrictions on union balloting practice, which will make it nigh impossible for workers to strike.
Tory wants to minimise effect of Human Rights Charter
30 January 2014
The Tory government wants to establish a clear legal precedent so that the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights only has a minimal role in British courts.
Tories refuse to apologise for plan to disrupt strike with troops
30 January 2014
The Conservative Party has refused to issue an apology on behalf of Margaret Thatcher’s government for its plans to send troops in to break up the miners’ strike and for lying to the public about the scale of pit shutdowns.
Spending cuts will hit deprived areas hardest
30 January 2014
The Labour party has claimed that the communities who will suffer most from the local government cuts will be the more disadvantaged areas in England. Statistics show that between the years of 2010/11 and 2015/16, the percentage cut in spending will rise ten times in the more deprived communities than the better off ones.
Labour demand apology from Tory reaction to miners' strike
30 January 2014
Labour is asking the government to issue an apology on behalf of Margret Thatcher's administration during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
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