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How Labour’s lesser-known pledges will change the face of public procurement for the better
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SINCE the conclusion of the 2015 leadership election, there has been no shortage of headline-grabbing socialist policies emanating from the Labour Party.
But in 2017, buried deep within the detail of a radical new manifesto, Labour made two pledges that have been little discussed, and largely overlooked.
And it’s easy to see how this might happen, in a manifesto brimming with radical progressive socialist policies, and the continuing churn of socialist policy pledges ever since.
But — while overlooked — they are pledges that will undoubtedly change the face of public procurement for the better.
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