Tony Burke, assistant general secretary for the country’s biggest union, Unite, today accused the government of instigating a “cruel hoax” with Chancellor Osborne’s promise of a “march of the makers.”
Speaking at the TUC Congress in Brighton, Mr Burke said that the government is failing to take the action necessary to deliver on the promise of new jobs in manufacturing. “As a result the UK economy remains in the doldrums. This was all too vividly shown last week when the OECD predicted UK GDP would…
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