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The Carbis Bay hotel ahead of the G7 summit in the Cornish village
THE lavish G7 summit is an ugly contrast to the daily reality in poverty-hit Cornwall, making the need for a level-up package even greater, trade union Unite says.
While world leaders are set to be wined and dined at the scenic Carbis Bay summit, Unite highlighted the plight of the residents today in a county where foodbank use and homelessness have soared amid the Covid pandemic.
The union urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make good on his “level up” promise by committing to a five-year programme to revive the Covid-ravaged tourist-dependent Cornish economy.
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