UK News 08-09-2003 who: Trade Union Congress (TUC) what: Vetoes £40million in Labour funding where: BRIGHTON when: This week snippet: "A five-year agreement to finance the party sought by the Labour hierarchy has been scuppered," says The Guardian, "despite 12 months of negotiations after the heads of some of the biggest affiliated unions refused to sign up." The Mirror`s business editor Clinton Manning joins in the union Labour-bashing with an article which claims highly-skilled workers are being turned into poorly-paid "robots"; he says Labour`s statistics on employment are a "sham". And in more bad news for the workforce, The Financial Times says "the traditional staff canteen is becoming a thing of the past as companies slash subsidies". Nevertheless, the latest Times poll reckons Labour are widening their lead over the opposition. [... more]

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