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We need to reverse these Tory attacks on workers and the poor
Now is not the time for minor change or adjustments – we need a genuine growth and prosperity plan that matches the scale of the crisis, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are joined by their families on the picket line outside London Euston train station as members of both unions take part in a fresh strike over jobs, pay and conditions.

OVER many years numerous authors have written about the role of disasters in creating conditions to implement huge attacks on living standards. These disasters are not necessarily naturally occurring. They can be the result of policy. 

A week ago the new Tory government that no-one elected deliberately created a crisis which they hope to use to lower living standards for the vast majority of people in this country. 

First they provided huge giveaways for big business and the rich. They will then go on to use this crisis of their own making to make enormous cuts in public-sector services, public-sector pay and benefits for the poor. Of course, Labour should commit to reversing every single one of these attacks.

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