07-07-2017 23:06 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Jeremy Corbyn says Grenfell fire was a 'terrible consequence' of austerity

Jeremy Corbyn will use the Grenfell Tower disaster as an example of "the terrible consequence of austerity" at the Durham Miners' Gala speech on Saturday.Presenting his party as a "government-in-waiting", Mr Corbyn will say Labour could scrap the cap on public sector pay, as he condemns Conservative "hypocrisy and dishonesty".Speaking at the meeting - which is one of Europe's largest trade union events - he will say: "It is the hypocrisy that turns the stomach, when in the terrorist attacks or t
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