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Youngsters at the sharp end pledge to keep fighting back

by Ben Stevenson at Congress House

YOUNG people “bearing the brunt” of the Tory austerity agenda resolved to fight back at the weekend’s TUC young workers’ conference.

Teaching union NASUWT’s Sobhia Mahmood pointed to a five-year review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission last year that demonstrated a stark regression in employment and income opportunities.

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