Councils will be expected to take rubbish collection, cleaning and school dinner provision back in-house under plans to reverse four decades of outsourcing to be announced by the Labour party today . In the biggest shake-up of local government since the Margaret Thatcher-inspired reforms of the 1980s, a future Jeremy …
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Gerald Shamash has already saved Jeremy Corbyn from electoral defeat. The solicitor’s late-night dash to the Royal Mail sorting office, armed with a judge’s order, prevented delivery of politically damaging – and inaccurate – leaflets. That was 1983, the year the Labour leader was first elected to parliament for Islington …
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Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters and Governor General Julie Payette look on as government bills are read in the Senate Chamber during a royal assent ceremony, in Ottawa on June 21, 2019. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press The Liberal government received royal assent on Friday for its contentious Bill …
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