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BILLIONAIRE Virgin Atlantic airline boss Sir Richard Branson must pay his employees or face being judged for his actions, a Tory MP said today.
Richard Fuller, yet another among the Tory ranks who appears to have had a Damascene encounter with socialism over the past few days, said that Mr Branson will earn £9.9 million if he secures 2 per cent interest on his £3.8 billion net worth.
He argued that this is more than enough to cover all staff being asked to take eight weeks of unpaid sick pay.
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society