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Left lays out plans to tackle austerity
Activists put heads together to provide alternative to Tory cuts

THE Labour Assembly Against Austerity summoned hundreds of activists to a crucial summit at the weekend to set coming priorities for the left.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the Winning with Jeremy: Labour’s Alternative to Tory Austerity conference that Labour was now “winning the arguments on the economy.

“Theresa May has begun talking about government intervention in the economy in a way we haven’t heard from a prime minister in decades,” he pointed out.

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