Jeremy Corbyn warns companies over living wage in ‘fairness’ initiative

Unions are concerned about the impact UK Labour’s nuclear weapons review will have on jobs while Scottish Labour has already voted to scrap Trident.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will address the first-ever Unite Scotland policy conference at a time of growing tension with the unions.

Ken Livingstone has been dropped from Labour’s controversial review into defence policy after infuriating Labour MPs with comments about the Trident nuclear deterrent and Britain’s membership of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

As part of his reshuffle, Trident opponent Emily Thornberry was appointed shadow defence secretary and co-chairwoman of the review, in place of pro-renewal Maria Eagle.

But she told the BBC she was “extremely sceptical” about the nuclear deterrent.

‘This is yet another example that the team behind Jeremy Corbyn don’t give a stuff about how Labour looks to the public or whether we stand up for manufacturing jobs as long as they can provoke a fresh fight in the party.

As recently as Wednesday, Mr Livingstone – a close ally of the party leader – appeared to suggest that he expected to be working on the review, saying he hoped the recommendation on Trident could be rushed through within 8-10 weeks, which would be “a lot of work for me and Emily”.

Khan, who is now MP for Tooting and served in Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet, said Labour had to recognise that Corbyn was “elected with am massive, massive mandate” from party members.

She insisted yesterday that she had not prejudged the conclusion, which will be published in June ahead of the parliamentary vote on Trident renewal.

“So this will be my report, it will inform the national policy forum”.

United Kingdom opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will suggest that companies should be banned from paying dividends unless all their employees earn Britain’s “living wage”.

It states that Britain “has a responsibility to promote a more peaceful world, to address the underlying causes of conflict and insecurity, to combat the proliferation of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and to contribute to global peacekeeping operations”.

She added: “My views are on the record”.

The Labour frontbencher went on: “I go into this review with an open mind”.

Livingstone told the Guardian: “Emily and I had lunch last Friday at the Drapers Arms, a nice little pub in her constituency”.

‘We will encourage the widest possible participation of Labour party members and affiliates, as well as defence specialists, NGOs and the armed forces.

Former home secretary Alan Johnson said Labour must avoid another split, telling Newsnight: “One thing’s for sure, we can’t have two different positions”.