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Leader of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, trade unionist Davie Cooper, has died at the age of 84, after a long career as union convenor at the Govan yard and a powerful figure behind the scenes

No10 is planning to make a deal with supermarkets as it becomes increasingly worried the cost-of-living crisis gripping Britain could derail the Tories’ slim hopes of winning the next general election

They’ve only been in office five minutes and they’ve never had to deal with social unrest on this scale. There are no old hands who’ve seen it all before

Former TUC General Secretary John Monks told the Mirror there has been a dislike of trade unions within the Tories ever since Margaret Thatcher succeeded Ted Heath in 1975