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Unite ready to confront a ‘failed economy’ and win big for workers, Sharon Graham tells union's policy conference
by Ben Chacko in Brighton
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP would pay for itself, Unite leader Sharon Graham stressed as she slammed a “failed economic model that is playing out its final tune” in Brighton today.

Addressing the union’s policy conference, Ms Graham stressed that “decline is not inevitable — we just need to make different choices and prioritise our communities, not the markets.”

Ms Graham said research by the Unite Investigates team had established it would cost £90 billion to renationalise Britain’s energy sector — money the group said amounted to just two year’s profits.

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