UNIONS must build worker solidarity to counter threats posed by Reform UK and the far right, the TUC disabled workers’ conference heard today.

TUC anti-far-right lead Kate Llewellyn told delegates at a fringe meeting that policies proposed by Nigel Farage’s party would erode the rights of all workers, and would surely include an end to protections for disabled workers.

Ms Llewellyn said: “Reform said they would get rid of the Equalities Act, the Renters’ Rights Act, the Equality Rights Act and the Health and Safety at Work Act.

“But workers need to ask: who is going to deliver for us? Probably not [Reform].”

An RMT representative, who did not wish to be identified, added: “Reform hates everyone. They hate me because I am disabled. They hate me for being Muslim. They hate me because I am gay.”

He added: “And there is still a lot of work to be done to educate our unions and our workforces against [these] narratives”