Warwick Agreement

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The Warwick Agreement is the name of a document agreed in July 2004 to the 2005 General Election between many of Britain's main trade unions and the Labour Party, which helped form Labour's 2005 election manifesto.

The document is named after The University of Warwick, where the agreement was made.

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The Labour government made a series of pledges which it promised to enact if it successfully won the 2005 General Election. These included:

• introducing four-weeks of paid holiday leave for all workers, excluding bank holidays
• bringing in training for pension trustees
• protection for local government workers
• a public procurement policy which favours UK businesses
• keeping the Royal Mail in public hands