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As Corbyn prepares TUC speech, he is urged to prove leadership ability Jeremy Corbyn under pressure to show leadership and clarify policy positions
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Jeremy Corbyn, the newly elected Labour leader, will receive an enthusiastic reception on Tuesday when he makes his first substantive policy speech to TUC delegates in Brighton.Jeremy Corbyn, the newly elected Labour leader, will receive an enthusiastic reception on Tuesday when he makes his first substantive policy speech to TUC delegates in Brighton.
Behind the scenes, however, Corbyn is being urged to set up a functioning leader’s office quickly to give his administration momentum and clarity.Behind the scenes, however, Corbyn is being urged to set up a functioning leader’s office quickly to give his administration momentum and clarity.
Few key appointments have been made, even though it has been odds on for weeks that he was to be elected. Some union leaders were displeased by the appointment of John McDonnell as the shadow chancellor, and Corbyn was pressed by MPs at the weekly meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening to clarify his policy positions.Few key appointments have been made, even though it has been odds on for weeks that he was to be elected. Some union leaders were displeased by the appointment of John McDonnell as the shadow chancellor, and Corbyn was pressed by MPs at the weekly meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening to clarify his policy positions.
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In his TUC annual conference speech, Corbyn is expected to deliver his own warning to David Cameron not to cut welfare for Britain’s poorest, as MPs prepare to vote on Treasury imposed tax credit cuts on Tuesday evening. He will also set out his opposition to the government trade union laws including higher strike ballot thresholds. In his TUC annual conference speech, Corbyn is expected to warn David Cameron not to cut welfare for Britain’s poorest, as MPs prepare to vote on Treasury-imposed tax credit cuts on Tuesday evening. He will also set out his opposition to the government trade union laws including higher strike ballot thresholds.
Corbyn may warn the prime minister not to water down workers’ rights as part of his renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with the EU. The unions are expected to pass a motion on Tuesday that gives them leeway to advocate withdrawal from the EU if they regard the deal stuck by Cameron will undermine labour rights. Corbyn may warn the prime minister not to water down workers’ rights as part of his renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with the EU. The unions are expected to pass a motion on Tuesday that would allow them to advocate withdrawal from the EU if they regard the deal struck by Cameron as undermining labour rights.
Frank Field, the Labour MP and chair of the work and pension select committee, claimed that the chancellor, George Osborne, might even be defeated on welfare cuts in the Commons, saying Tory MPs were “massively concerned” by the working tax credit cuts, since they will hit strivers. Frank Field, the Labour MP and chair of the work and pension select committee, claimed that the chancellor, George Osborne, might even be defeated on welfare cuts in the Commons, saying Tory MPs were “massively concerned” by the working tax credit cuts, since they will hit “strivers”.
He predicted uproar on the Tory benches when the tax credits are introduced in April, because “decent people who work hard doing grotty jobs” will be turning up to their surgeries to complain they had been let down by the party. He predicted uproar on the Tory benches when the tax credit cuts are introduced in April, because “decent people who work hard doing grotty jobs” will be turning up to their surgeries to complain they have been let down by the party.
On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday, Field said that in the runup to the election “the Chancellor said the Tory party were the party of strivers and Labour was the party of welfare”. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday, Field said that in the runup to the election “the chancellor said the Tory party were the party of strivers and Labour was the party of welfare”.
Field claimed: “By centring his cuts on tax credits, he blows up the image of the Tory party as the party of strivers ... three million people will be worse off by £1,200 a year, and some much more than that.”Field claimed: “By centring his cuts on tax credits, he blows up the image of the Tory party as the party of strivers ... three million people will be worse off by £1,200 a year, and some much more than that.”
He said Osborne had spent Monday talking to anxious Tory MPs urging them not to defeat him in the vote on Tuesday evening, since they were concerned they believe they represent the low paid workers. “They believe the rhetoric that they are looking after the strivers,” Field said. He said Osborne had spent Monday talking to anxious Tory MPs urging them not to defeat him in the vote on Tuesday evening, since they believed they represented low-paid workers. “They believe the rhetoric that they are looking after the strivers,” Field said.
Labour is now largely united on opposing all the welfare cuts after divisions in the summer, when the shadow cabinet split over Harriet Harman’s decision to back some of Osborne’s reforms, including cutting tax credits for a third child. But Corbyn will be pressed to clarify Labour’s position on the European Union after frontbenchers expressed different views on whether the party would support continued UK membership of the EU in the referendum planned ahead of 2017. Labour is now largely united on opposing all the welfare cuts after divisions in the summer, when the shadow cabinet split over Harriet Harman’s decision to back some of Osborne’s reforms, including cutting tax credits for a third child. But Corbyn will be pressed to clarify Labour’s position on the EU after frontbenchers expressed different views on whether the party would support continued UK membership in the referendum.
The shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, on Monday said Labour would support British membership of the EU in all circumstances, but the shadow business secretary Angela Eagle has left open the possibility of support for withdrawal. The shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, on Monday said Labour would support British membership of the EU in all circumstances, but the shadow business secretary, Angela Eagle, has left open the possibility of support for withdrawal.
Field said he was struck how fast the debate on the free movement of labour was shifting inside the EU. He said border controls were now at the centre of politics, and this needed to be a red line for Cameron in his talks with EU.Field said he was struck how fast the debate on the free movement of labour was shifting inside the EU. He said border controls were now at the centre of politics, and this needed to be a red line for Cameron in his talks with EU.