Delegates at Labour Party conference have overwhelmingly backed a motion moved by construction union UCATT which slammed the Government's cuts which have damaged the construction industry.

The motion described the ConDem Government's decision to axe the Building Schools for the Future project and to cut plans to build thousands of new homes as an "act of political vandalism".

Moving the motion Alan Ritchie, General Secretary of UCATT, said in reference to the Government's decision to cancel building thousands of new social houses: "The millionaires in the Cabinet claim we are all in this together. This is utter nonsense. They sit in their mansions, getting richer. While families are left to rot in bed and breakfast bedsits."

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Mr Ritchie, added: "Conference, these ConDem cuts are undermining the construction industry. Wrecking the lives of skilled workers. The decision not to build new schools, homes and hospitals. Not only affects the construction industry. It ruins the life chances of families, children and communities."

In his speech Mr Ritchie also directly criticised the decision to cancel the Building Schools for the Future project, he said: "The ConDems say that education is important. Cancelling BSF exposed that lie. You can’t claim to be taking education seriously. If children are taught in crumbling schools, long past their sell by date. Many riddled with asbestos. Risking the lives of children and teachers. Leaving schools in this condition is an utter disgrace."

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