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A UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins, January 26, 2018
PUBLIC CONTRACTS: The government awarded a ship-building contract to a firm in Spain rather than Tyneside shipbuilders who bid for the work, the Northern TUC conference was told on Saturday.
The conference supported a motion calling on this government — and the next Labour government — to award public contracts to British manufacturers, especially in the at-risk steel industry.
Unite delegate Angela Duerden said: “Decades of underinvestment have undermined our steel industry — but it could have a bright future.”
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people