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THE government pressed ahead yesterday with controversial plans to devolve responsibility for supermarket Sunday opening hours despite widespread opposition.
Shopworkers, small retailers, independent stores and many supermarkets have opposed Tory plans to hand decision making over Sunday opening to more than 300 local authorities.
But the government has said it will be including its amendment to the Enterprise Bill on Sunday Trading, devolving responsibility.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
The government’s retreat on PIP still leaves 150,000 new universal credit claimants facing halved benefits from April 2026, creating a discriminatory two-tier welfare system that campaigners must continue fighting, writes DR DYLAN MURPHY