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Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer must deliver for working people on “jobs, pay and conditions if he wins power,” Unite chief Sharon Graham warned today after the union’s members backed continued affiliation to the party.
The vote at Unite’s rules conference in Brighton came amid growing frustration at the increasingly right-wing direction of Labour under Sir Keir, who has largely abandoned the left-wing pledges he was elected on in 2020.
Had delegates endorsed a change of approach, it would have allowed the union – the party’s biggest donor – to donate to other parties or candidates.
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
