Seizing the opportunity to increase his presence on Fleet Street, he made an agreement with the print unions, promising <answer>fewer redundancies</answer> if he acquired the newspaper. He assured IPC that he would publish a "straightforward, honest newspaper" which would continue to support Labour. IPC, under pressure from the unions, rejected Maxwell's offer, and Murdoch bought the paper for £800,000, to be paid in instalments. He would later remark: "I am constantly amazed at the ease with which I entered British newspapers."
What did the prospective owner of the paper promise?
fewer redundancies