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Unions back co-ordinated response if Labour waters down New Deal
Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks to supporters at a watch party for the results of the 2024 General Election in central London, July 5, 2024

UNIONS will hold Labour to account if it waters down its New Deal for Working People, TUC Congress resolved unanimously.

The union federation, which represents nearly six million workers, will hold an emergency congress, should government cave in to business lobbying against a full ban on zero-hours contracts.

A composite motion, demanding the government realises its manifesto pledges to repeal anti-trade union laws and deliver on the deal in full, was passed unanimously at the conference in Brighton.

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