TUC chief calls on ministers to show 'whose side' they are on

"The UK's most senior trade unionist is calling on the government to demonstrate "whose side it is on" following the Labour reshuffle. The General Secretary of the TUC, Paul Nowak, will tell his annual conference in Brighton today that the government must do more for working class communities. He will argue that Labour's promise of change at the last election doesn't feel like "a lived reality"."

"Instinctively, workers don't feel that Labour is on their side. We will be giving our members the opportunity to vote on whether to remain part of Labour when the time comes. "If that vote was today, I think they'd vote to disaffiliate. There's no doubt about that in my mind." Ms Graham predicted that Reform UK would be the chief beneficiaries if Labour failed to improve standards of living."

Paul Nowak, General Secretary of the TUC, calls on the government to demonstrate whose side it is and to do more for working-class communities after the Labour reshuffle. He argues Labour's promise of change does not feel like a lived reality and urges the government to make the right political choices to convince voters. He calls for lifting the two-child benefit cap funded by new taxes on wealth. Sharon Graham, Unite leader, warns members instinctively feel Labour is not on their side and says delegates may vote to disaffiliate, risking about £1.3m annually to Labour and boosting Reform UK if living standards do not improve.

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