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Unite leader SHARON GRAHAM talks to Ben Chacko about winning on pay, campaigning on public ownership and building a bigger and stronger union

UNITE leader Sharon Graham says she may be on the “naughty step” for confronting Labour over policy this week — but wishes more unions would take a tougher stance with the party.
So she wasn’t reassured by Angela Rayner’s TUC address on Tuesday?
“Well, the reason I’ve come out on this [National Policy Forum] document — sounds very boring, doesn’t it? But the reason I’ve been so hard-line is because changes Labour has made to the document are things that cost no money.
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