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PM threatens tough new anti-union laws
David Cameron considers law changes reducing future strikes after the recent Tube stoppage

The Prime Minister threatened new anti-union laws yesterday as Unite leader Len McCluskey urged Labour to offer voters a real alternative at the next election.

David Cameron delighted Tory MPs at question time by promising to look at changes in the law to reduce strikes such as the recent London Underground stoppage.

He sneered that Labour was going “on a cosy weekend with their trade union masters” at this Saturday’s special conference on the trade union link.

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