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LABOUR should hold a special conference to determine its position on the forthcoming EU referendum, two affiliated trade unions have urged.
General union GMB has updated its Labour Party conference motion, which is guaranteed a slot on the floor as one of four union choices, to include a call for Labour’s campaign strategy to be approved by grassroots delegates when the date of the vote is set.
The demand is echoed in a similar motion from food workers’ union BFAWU.
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE