In opposition, Sir Keir Starmer said he would repeal Tory measures to limit the right to strike, while keeping a distance between Labour and trade unions leading strikes. In office, he has moved swiftly to identify with the labour movement.
Days earlier, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, awarded above-inflation pay rises to millions of public sector workers and settled a pay dispute with junior doctors to end industrial action. These are necessary and welcome steps in the right direction, away from a model of employment that sought economic growth by making workers poorer.
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