Dangerous plot to redraw the state: 8 in the morning – September 13th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber on cuts, and how the majority killed the poll tax.

* Barber says the public will back the unions against cuts.

* Trade Unions have threatened mass strikes against cuts.

* David Miliband’s “wake-up call” after latest poll.

* Nelson Mandela felt “betrayed” by Blair over Iraq.

* The Pope has warned of the “danger” of equality laws in the UK.

* Next Left asks if the coalition should admit it wants to “smash the state”.

* And Andy Burnham has urged changes to be made to Labour’s leadership contest.

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