Oliver Dowden slams Rachel Reeves as ‘sheep in wolves clothing’ for posing as next Margaret Thatcher...

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DEPUTY PM Oliver Dowden has slammed Rachel Reeves for posing as the next Margaret Thatcher — branding her a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”., he said: “I was amused this week to see Labour’s Rachel Reeves trying to portray herself as the next Margaret Thatcher.

“Wasn’t it just a few years ago that she was knocking on doors, persuading people that the socialist Jeremy Corbyn should be in No10.”Mr Dowden added: “It says all you need to know about the desperation of the Labour Party that they have to pick a Conservative Party icon — because they have none of their own.“But I’m not fooled, and I don’t think The Sun on Sunday readers will be.

Meanwhile, Labour is planning a New Deal for Working People if they win the election to hand unions more powers to callBut CEO of British Independent Retailers Association Andrew Goodacre said: “Making employment law tougher on employers scares me a little and will scare smaller employers who aren’t blessed with lots of HR.”

Jane Gratton, at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Over-tightening legislation risks doing harm to the majority of businesses and jeopardising jobs.”said: “Some businesses will be frightened, like they were when the last Labour government introduced the national minimum wage. They said lots of businesses will go bankrupt. That never happened.”

 

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