In most of the constituencies they might hope to gain in a future election, they are second to the Tories, and rely on picking up Labour votes to win.

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Now that the economy is picking up, the labour market looks tighter than ever.

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Plaid's Jonathan Edwards MP tweeted his response: It would help if Labour weren't cherry picking the Silk recommendations and calling for full implementation of the package.

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