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LABOUR would ban blacklisting construction companies from public contracts, John McDonnell said yesterday after bosses coughed up a £5.6 million settlement for 71 aggrieved workers.
The payments mean big building firms may now have paid out at least £15m in compensation, sources say.
But over 300 workers are still on course for their day in court — and campaigners warned last night that the payments were merely bosses’ attempts to “buy themselves out of a High Court trial.”
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES