The Latest Breaking News from Sharon Graham

Labour members vote against axing winter fuel payments for pensioners following protest

Ministers defend the move as needed to fix the public finances

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2024

No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote

Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

UK's Starmer Rules Out Austerity As Labour Conference Opens

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to protect public services and ruled out austerity measures as his Labour party's annual conference kicked off on Sunday, its first in 15 years as a governing party.

International Business Times · Sep 22, 2024

ScotRail engineering staff vote to accept government pay offer

MEMBERS of a union representing some ScotRail workers have voted to take a pay deal in an ongoing dispute ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: A compromise is possible on the winter fuel payments row

The Prime Minister’s prediction yesterday that his Government “was going to have to be unpopular” on account of withdrawing winter fuel payments from all but the poorest pensioners is coming true sooner than he would have wished. The general secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, and the head of the TUC,…

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2024

Keir Starmer locked in stand-off with union barons demanding U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham directly told the PM that he should reverse the controversial policy

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2024

Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut

TUC and Unite leaders express ‘real concerns’ over policy as many Labour MPs expected to abstain in Commons vote

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

They talk about tough choices: they mean cuts. Is Labour on the side of working people or not?

Ahead of tomorrow’s TUC conference, we need to know if ministers are prepared to break with austerity or if they are stuck in the past, says Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

It’s zero hour: TUC to tell Labour it’s time to deliver workers’ new deal

There will be joy over Labour’s victory at the trades union congress this week – but also a determination to see that promises are kept

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

UK’s biggest union boss issues ‘no austerity mark II’ warning to Starmer

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has issued a shot across the bows for Keir Starmer as the prime minister indicates the October budget will be ‘really painful’

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024