PHILIP HAMMOND must use his autumn Budget to turn around Tory stagnation and tackle the north-south divide, Labour said yesterday.
A new report by the independent industrial strategy commission says the government should combat regional inequalities with a pledge to offer all Brits a minimum level of transport, schools, hospitals and digital access.
Earlier this year the government put out a green paper for consultation on providing an industrial strategy for Britain.
Four decades on, the Wapping dispute stands as both a heroic act of resistance and a decisive moment in the long campaign to break trade union power. Lord JOHN HENDY KC looks back on the events of 1986
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM


