The Tory campaign under the direction of party chairman Chris Patten focused on hammering Labour over tax - and on the personality of John Major.

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One of those implications is that the increasing shortage of labour over the past few years has led to very quickly rising wages and better working conditions.

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He also taunted Labour over the power of the Unite union over its finances and the link with Ms Harman's husband, Jack Dromey, who is the union's deputy general secretary.

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