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Unite boss Sharon Graham criticises Starmer and Labour as she warns party's key backer may end support
Unite union with 1.2 million members questions Labour's commitment amid a 38% food price rise since 2021 and lack of support for council workers, threatening to reconsider funding.
- Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham criticized Labour on September 9, 2025, warning the union may end support if it fails workers.
- Graham highlighted rising discontent due to Labour abandoning its roots, poor workers' rights legislation, and broken promises amid a cost of living crisis.
- She cited the Birmingham City Council strike where workers faced up to £8,000 pay cuts as an example of Labour failing to back its base.
- Graham said Unite's £1.4 million yearly affiliation to Labour would end if the party does not support workers, stating, "there will be no blank cheque."
- Her warning signals potential weakening of Labour's traditional union backing and stresses the need for Labour to act decisively to avoid losing votes.
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Workers could ‘turn their backs’ on Labour, Unite warns
Sharon Graham told the TUC Congress in Brighton that the country was ‘crying out’ for change.
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inbox.lvUnite boss Sharon Graham criticises Starmer and Labour as she warns party's key backer may end support
Ms Graham, whose union hands £1.4m a year to the party, took aim at the government's approach to employment rights, zero-hours contracts and cuts to winter fuel payments, warning that her members would "feel duped unless Labour stuck to its manifesto promises".
Unite boss Sharon Graham criticises Starmer and Labour as she warns pa
Trade union firebrand Sharon Graham has told Sky News Sir Keir Starmer only has a year to recover from Labour’s disastrous slump and said her union, Unite, may stop bankrolling the party if it doesn’t start backing workers. Speaking to Sky News as the TUC conference began in Brighton, the Unite leader said parts of the government’s workers’ rights legislation were now a “burnt-out shell” and her members would feel duped unless Labour stuck to it…
Unite Boss Sharon Graham Criticises Starmer And Labour As She Warns Party's Key Backer May End Support - Great Yorkshire Radio
Speaking to Sky News as the TUC conference began in Brighton, the Unite leader said parts of the government’s workers’ rights legislation were now a “burnt-out shell” and her members would feel duped unless Labour stuck to its manifesto promises. In recent years, Unite has been one of Labour ‘s biggest backers, handing its previous leader, Jeremy Corbyn around £3m to fight the 2019 general election under Ms Graham’s left-wing predecessor, “Red L…
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