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A woman in a hurry: meet Wales TUC's new leader
David Nicholson talks to SHAVANAH TAJ about her appointment to the top union job in Wales
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
SHAVANAH TAJ’S appointment as acting general secretary of the Wales Trade Union Congress (WTUC) is the first time that a Bame Muslim woman has been appointed to a top union job in Britain.
This is also the first time all four TUC posts in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Britain have been held by women.
Taj joins the WTUC from the Public and Commercial Services Union where she has been the Welsh secretary since 2013.
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