THE Unite union urged Labour today to drop Conservative fiscal policies and borrow to invest in the economy.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to keep the Tories’ pledge to reduce debt as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) within five years if Labour win the general election on July 4.

Appearing on Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said that she did not agree with the fiscal rules, adding that there was “wiggle room” to give Britain’s cash-strapped public services a “break.”