Ian McCartney - Labour minister for Pensions and Wages and a government apointee as a 'link with the unions' during the fire fighters strike - is confronted by a female fire fighter as he arrives at a meeting at the TUC in Crouch End, 26th November 2002. © Barbara Ludman. Distribution David Hoffman Photo Library phone +44(0)20 8981 5041, fax +44(0)20 8980 2041, email lib@hoffmanphotos.com NUJ & BAPLA recommended terms & conditions apply. Moral rights asserted under Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988. Full terms and conditions for digital and traditional use available on request. Credit is required. No part of this photo to be stored, reproduced, manipulated or transmitted by any means without permission.

Ian McCartney - Labour minister for Pensions and Wages and a government apointee as a 'link with the unions' during the fire fighters strike - is confronted by a female fire fighter as he arrives at a meeting at the TUC in Crouch End, 26th November 2002..© Barbara Ludman. Distribution David Hoffman Photo Library phone +44(0)20 8981 5041, fax +44(0)20 8980 2041, email lib@hoffmanphotos.com .NUJ & BAPLA recommended terms & conditions apply. Moral rights asserted under Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988..Full terms and conditions for digital and traditional use available on request. Credit is required. No part of this photo to be stored, reproduced, manipulated or transmitted by any means without permission.