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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Michael Savage, Policy editor

Sharon Graham of Unite: ‘Labour must be bolder – they can’t afford not to be’

Sharon Graham
Sharon Graham: ‘There are different choices you can make. If you had a 1.5% annual tax on wealth over £10m, that would bring in £17bn a year.’ Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Apathy risks being the winner of the next general election unless Labour shows more ambition, the head of one of Britain’s biggest trade unions has warned, as she urged the party against embracing “austerity mark two”.

In an interview with the Observer, Sharon Graham, the leader of Unite, said a future Labour government risked allowing Britain to fall behind unless it was prepared to think radically to boost investment, call out the profiteering that had fuelled rises in the cost of living and give the public a stake in energy.

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