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EXCLUSIVE: Labour rejects union's call for 'no cuts budgets'

Pressure on London boroughs to adopt ‘no cuts budgets’ has been rejected by the Labour Party following demands from a senior trade union officer.

By Tom Bridge | 08 December 2015

Pressure on London boroughs to adopt ‘no cuts budgets' has been rejected by the Labour Party following demands from a senior trade union officer.

A letter sent by Unite regional officer Onay Kasab, seen by The MJ, called on Labour-led boroughs to ‘build on Jeremy Corbyn's call for councils to stand together' and ‘refuse to implement' government funding cuts.

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