Unite launches ‘red wall’ campaign in push for radical Labour policies

‘We are diverting some of the money we would probably have given to Labour to have three major campaigns in the red wall seats,’ says Sharon Graham. Photograph: Sharon Graham Campaign/PA

Labour’s biggest union backer, Unite, is launching grassroots campaigns in scores of industrial constituencies across the UK demanding more radical policies on energy, steel and green jobs.

Unite’s leader, Sharon Graham, who has been publicly critical of Keir Starmer, said funding earmarked for Labour would instead be funnelled into stoking public pressure for the party to shift its position on key issues including energy nationalisation.