LABOUR’S Ian Lavery mounted a barnstorming defence of the party’s trade union links yesterday, declaring: “United we stand, divided we fall.”
The Wansbeck MP made a sweeping plea for a radical reforming manifesto at Unite the union’s annual conference in Liverpool.
“We need excitement and an attractive manifesto to reach out to all those who feel disenfranchised,” he demanded.
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP


