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Giving employers a free hand to hire and fire is creating insecurity, says the TUC's John Monks.

Although the constitution gives the President a free hand to sack ministers or deputy ministers in the interests of good governance, it stipulates that he must do it after consultation with other party leaders.

Once the piece was ready, the film-maker Adam Roberts was given a free hand to shoot it as he liked.

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