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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

New leader says Unison will end support for ‘destructive’ Labour right wing

Andrea Egan
Andrea Egan warned against ‘swapping Starmer out for Streeting’ in any Labour leadership election. Photograph: Andrea4GS/PA

The new general secretary of Unison has declared the trade union will end its support for the “destructive right wing of the Labour party” and said any leadership election in 2026 should not swap Keir Starmer for Wes Streeting.

Andrea Egan, who won a decisive victory as a leftwing challenger this week, hit out at Streeting in an article for the Guardian over his handling of the resident doctors’ dispute, saying it was “simply unacceptable for a Labour politician to describe striking workers as morally reprehensible”.

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