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Jeremy Corbyn vows to fight austerity in TUC speech Jeremy Corbyn tells TUC: Labour can win 2020 election
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Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to fight the government's proposed welfare cuts and other austerity measures, labelling the Conservatives "poverty deniers". Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour can win the 2020 general election by putting forward a "vision of a better society" and a different kind of politics.
In a speech to TUC Congress in Brighton, the new Labour leader said austerity was a "political choice, not an economic necessity". The Labour leader told the TUC Congress austerity was a political choice and a "more equal" Britain was "not a dream".
He also signalled he would fight plans for conditions on union strike ballots, saying unions were vital to UK society. He vowed to fight the government's proposed welfare cuts and other austerity measures, labelling the Conservatives "poverty deniers".
He said he would not be "an all-seeing all-knowing leader". Of his own style, he said he would not be "an all-seeing, all-knowing leader".
He told delegates that he wanted input from all parts of society, including unions, to develop a different kind of inclusive, digital politics. "Let's do things differently and do them together," he said. He told delegates that he wanted wide input, including from unions and Labour branches across the country, using social media as part of digital policy-making. "Let's do things differently and do them together," he said.
Ahead of the TUC speech leading unions warned they will vote for a UK exit from the EU if workers' rights are weakened by the PM's EU renegotiations. 'Warning to PM'
He said Labour would become a "growing, stronger movement... more confident and more determined than ever, and above all we are going to win in 2020 and we will see the end of this Tory government".
In a 15-minute speech, he did not mention the subject of Europe once amid growing concerns among Labour MPs, most of whom support Britain's membership of the EU, that the new leadership has not ruled out campaigning for an exit.
Ahead of the TUC speech, leading unions warned they will vote for a UK exit from the EU if workers' rights are weakened by the PM's EU renegotiations while one shadow cabinet member said he would quit if the party argued for an Out vote.
The congress is expected to pass a TUC General Council Statement that says: "We are issuing a warning to the prime minister: you will lose our members' votes to stay in the EU by worsening workers' rights.The congress is expected to pass a TUC General Council Statement that says: "We are issuing a warning to the prime minister: you will lose our members' votes to stay in the EU by worsening workers' rights.
"Both the prime minister and the CBI should note that should he succeed in further undermining British workers' rights, pressure to put TUC resources and support in the referendum behind a vote to leave the European Union will intensify dramatically."
But Mr Corbyn appeared to suggest he would not back an "in" vote at any cost, with Labour MPs saying the changes Mr Cameron agreed to social and employment protections had to be "right ones".
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Mr Corbyn said he would take the fight to the government on the economy, promoting greater equality and fighting Reflecting on the "fast journey" that he had taken since being elected leader on Saturday, Mr Corbyn vowed to "build" on the momentum generated by his successful leadership campaign to develop a new kind of politics, saying 30,000 people had joined the Labour Party in the past three days.
Citing Labour's central role in creating the NHS and pushing for giving women the right to vote, he said the "whole vision of those who founded our movement and our political party was about doing things differently".
"We build on that in the way we do our policy, we build on that in the way we build our movement, we build on that in the way we inspire people to come together to build a better, fairer, decent, more equal, more just society.
"These things aren't just dreams. These are practical realities that we together intend to achieve."
'Social cleansing'
In the speech, he defended the make-up of his shadow cabinet amid complaints and women had been overlooked for top jobs and said he would take the fight to the government on the economy.
"They call us deficit deniers. But then they spend billions cutting taxes for the richest families or for the most profitable businesses."They call us deficit deniers. But then they spend billions cutting taxes for the richest families or for the most profitable businesses.
"What they are is poverty deniers: Ignoring the growing queues at food banks. Ignoring the growing housing crisis. Cutting Tax Credits when child poverty rose by half a million under the last Government to over four million. "What they are is poverty deniers: Ignoring the growing queues at food banks. Ignoring the growing housing crisis. Cutting Tax Credits when child poverty rose by half a million under the last government to over four million. Let's be clear austerity is a political choice."
"Let's be clear austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity."
'Enemy within'
Labour, he said, would also vigorously oppose the government's plans to reduce the household cap on benefits and cut child tax credits, measures being debated in the Commons on TuesdayLabour, he said, would also vigorously oppose the government's plans to reduce the household cap on benefits and cut child tax credits, measures being debated in the Commons on Tuesday
"Labour will oppose the Welfare Bill in full. We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing."
"We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.""We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities."
Mr Corbyn, who won the backing of major trade unions during Labour's leadership campaign, rejected suggestions that trade union solidarity was a "thing of the past" - saying their influence was felt not just in the workplace but throughout society.Mr Corbyn, who won the backing of major trade unions during Labour's leadership campaign, rejected suggestions that trade union solidarity was a "thing of the past" - saying their influence was felt not just in the workplace but throughout society.
He pledged to fight government legislation which would impose a 50% threshold for participation in strike ballot, and a 40% threshold for stoppages involving essential public services, saying it was a "declaration of war" which contravened basic rights of free association.He pledged to fight government legislation which would impose a 50% threshold for participation in strike ballot, and a 40% threshold for stoppages involving essential public services, saying it was a "declaration of war" which contravened basic rights of free association.
"They think it is still right to attack trade unions because they exist," he said. "If they get the bill through it will be a damage to the civil liberties of society.""They think it is still right to attack trade unions because they exist," he said. "If they get the bill through it will be a damage to the civil liberties of society."