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UK supply chains likely to be hit after talks over pay with Peel Ports fail, and Unite’s Sharon Graham criticises actions by board Hundreds of dock workers at one of the UK’s largest container ports are beginning a fresh two-week strike in a dispute over pay, which could further disrupt the country’s supply chains. Nearly 600 members of the Unite union at the Port of Liverpool, which is owned by Peel Ports, will strike again from Monday, after the union said talks designed to resolve the dispute ended “in chaos”. Continue reading… ​UK supply chains likely to be hit after…

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Senior figures holding meetings with leaders of UK’s biggest firms as they strive to be party of government Tory leadership contest – latest updates Labour is accelerating meetings with leaders of Britain’s biggest companies, as it steps up its efforts to woo the City after the Conservative party’s mini-budget caused economic chaos. The diaries of Keir Starmer, his shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the shadow business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, have been full in recent weeks with coffee meetings and dinners, as executives have clamoured to make contact with the Labour frontbench. Continue reading… ​Senior figures holding meetings with leaders of…

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