The deadline for the duties to go into effect are still three weeks, which may mean the announcements could be a negotiating move.

The leader of Unite has described Angela Rayner’s behaviour during recent bin strikes as “totally and utterly abhorrent” as tensions ramp up between the government and Labour’s biggest union backers.General secretary Sharon Graham hit out at the deputy prime minister after the union voted to suspend her in a row over how the Labour-run council in Birmingham treated striking bin workers.

BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico. Trump announced the tariffs on two of the United States’ biggest trade partners in letters posted to his social media account.

Sheffield and Birmingham refuse workers have shown real determination, and their action can galvanise broader working-class opposition. But this is something the bureaucracy dreads as it would mean direct confrontation with the Labour government and its locally controlled authorities.

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