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The conference season is now well underway. The Greens have already had their autumn conference and this week the TUC is meeting in Brighton. Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, will speak later this morning and my colleague Rajeev Syal has filed a preview. Here is his story.
Related: Don’t make ordinary workers pay for Brexit, TUC urges government
Senior figures in the trade union movement are urging the government to ensure that ordinary working people are not made to pay the price of Brexit.
On the first full day of 2016’s TUC conference, the general secretary, Frances O’Grady, will tell delegates she is concerned workers’ rights and jobs could be sacrificed by ministers in negotiations with the European Union.
As soon as the contest is over, we are saying get behind whoever the leader is, get united. But start focusing on people out in the country. Voters want to get a bit more attention, it can’t just be about the rights of MPs, or the rights of members, I think Labour needs to start focusing on what voters want.
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