All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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It is in our interest to reject the Tories’ divisive immigration policies — and put forward our own instead, writes DIANE ABBOTT
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
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THE Tories have launched an attack on all working people with their new immigration policy. It will probably do serious damage to our public services, even if big exemptions and exclusions from the new restrictions are finally put in place.
Behind all the populist rhetoric about restricting cheap labour, the major risk is that the system is actually designed to create a new, lower category of worker in this country, akin to something like the gastarbeiter (“guest worker”) status in Germany.
This has the potential to create a new category of worker with much lower rights, or even whose right to be here is linked to their specific employer.
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