Unite’s Sharon Graham: ‘Labour has one year to get it right. Farage is on their tail’

Sharon Graham says Labour needs to avoid taxing workers to fill the gap in the public finances and draw up plans for a wealth tax. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Labour’s most powerful union backer has warned that Keir Starmer is in danger of bolstering support for Nigel Farage, arguing that the government has failed to support oil and gas workers and watered down plans to boost employment rights.

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said voters could be left feeling “duped” by Labour after the government scaled back planned changes to ban zero-hours contracts and exploitative “fire-and-rehire” practices.