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Jul 2023
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Focus Group: Attack Of The Clones

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The governments' abandoned its plan to give workers day-one-rights against unfair dismissal - a policy which was in its manifesto. Will this blow up into a full-scale row - or is ditching the pledge what “grown-up politics” looks like?Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day wit ... Show More
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