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Labour manifesto pledges to end in-work poverty

LABOUR is pledging to eradicate in-work poverty, cut the working week and introduce the biggest extension of workers’ rights in history.

The party’s manifesto sets out a series of employment measures it says will transform workers’ pay, conditions and rights.

Among them are the “rapid” introduction of a real living wage of at least £10 an hour for over-16s and repeal of anti-trade union legislation.

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