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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

TUC leader ‘angry’ at state of Labour but says it can recover to win next election

Nowak speaking at lectern in jacket and shirt
Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the TUC, said Labour had to ‘show working-class people that they are on their side’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

The UK’s most powerful union leader has said he is angry at the state of Labour and Keir Starmer’s government and warned that significant change is needed to prevent Reform UK from winning power.

In his first intervention as the battle rages over the future of the Labour leadership, the TUC’s general secretary, Paul Nowak, said it was clear there was an “overwhelming sense of frustration” with Starmer in a statement issued by Labour-affiliated trade unions last week that called for the prime minister to step down before the next election.

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