Labour is in government to provide balance: Joan Burton
Party's achievements include USC reductions, the minimum wage and marriage equality referendum
Tánaiste Joan Burton has insisted that Labour is required in government alongside Fine Gael to provide “balance”.
In her televised national address, Burton pointed to Labour’s achievements in getting Fine Gael to prioritise USC reductions for low and middle income workers, to restore the minimum wage and to hold the marriage equality referendum.
“That’s what we bring to the table that nobody else does,” she said.
Burton told the Labour conference in the ...
