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Usdaw Conference: Labour’s pro-worker and business, claims Umunna

CHUKA Umunna promised trade unionists yesterday that a Labour government would be pro-worker, as well as “unashamedly pro-business.”

The shadow business secretary won a standing ovation at Usdaw conference as he implored union members to help swing the knife-edge election for Labour.

One delegate even wolf-whistled Mr Ummuna as he walked on stage.

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