date: 2 October 2012
embargo: For immediate release
Commenting on the speech delivered today (Tuesday) in Manchester by Labour leader Ed Miliband, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'Ed Miliband today spelled out a compelling vision of the new Britain we need to build, based on fairness and one nation social solidarity in place of inequality and division.
'This was an audacious performance by a confident leader preparing for the responsibilities of government.'
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
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- On Saturday 20 October thousands of people from across the UK will be heading to London for A Future That Works - a march which starts on the Embankment and ends with a rally in Hyde Park. The day is being organised by the TUC in protest against the government's austerity measures and calls for a new approach which puts growth and an economy that works for ordinary families at the heart of government policy www.afuturethatworks.org
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Alex Rossiter T: 020 7467 1337 M: 07887 572130 E: arossiter@tuc.org.uk
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