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At last, thanks to pressure from the trade unions and from LibDem MP, Jenny Willott, the government has bowed to demands for improvements in their compensation for pensions lost when Allied Steel & Wire went bust.
John Benson, a leading campaigner and spokesman for the ASW workers, was bitter about the lack of support from Labour MPs, when he spoke on BBC-2's "Working Lunch" today. He suggested that their loyalty to Gordon Brown took precedence over their concern for their constituents.
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Jenny Willott may have campaigned hard for this but just you watch that Peter Hain take the credit for this announcement!
Already Chris Grayling, the Tory spokesman on work and pensions, has praised him for it! This clearly foreshadows a Con-Lab axis ...
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