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Usdaw general secretary PADDY LILLIS sets out the union's agenda for Labour’s conference

THIS year I am leading a delegation of Usdaw members to the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton.

Right now, we have a reckless, incompetent Tory government, led by a habitual liar. A government intent on dismantling our welfare state, stripping back our employment rights and cutting our public services back to the bone.

A government so obsessed with delivering Brexit at any cost, that it will ignore the rule of law and drag the country off a cliff to get there. So it is crucial that working people’s voices are heard above all the noise and chaos.

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