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Trade union subs: Lib Dem ministers deny Tory attempt to end check-off direct deduction from wages
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says his ministers will not capitulate to Eric Pickles and Francis Maude's 'pointless and mean' anti-worker campaign
Tory ministers suffered a hitch yesterday in their campaign to abolish automatic deduction of trade union subs from government workers’ wages.
Normally tame Lib Dem ministers let out a squeal of protest against Tory plans to scrap the traditional check-off system for collecting union dues directly on pay day.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg declared that Lib Dem cabinet ministers would block any change to the check-off system in their own Whitehall departments.
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