The Latest Breaking News from Unite

Union hits out as Mossmorran plant ends production

ExxonMobil announced at the end of last year that the plant would close.

Evening Standard · Feb 3

‘Everything is gone’: Occupants advised to leave flooded homes

Clean-up operations continued amid the threat of more rain in some of the worst-affected towns, like Enniscorthy and Aughrim, and areas in Dublin.

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Union calls for extreme-weather leave as counties brace for more rain

Heavy winds and torrential rain on Tuesday caused significant disruption across the island of Ireland.

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Birmingham bins strike reaches one-year anniversary

Members of Unite walked out on January 6 last year and have been on all out strike since last March.

Evening Standard · Jan 6

Met Police call centre staff carry out New Year's Eve strike

A Met Police spokesperson said the ‘vast majority of our staff will be working alongside their police officer colleagues’

Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2025

Keir Starmer Faces Leadership Crisis: Why 2026 Could End His Premiership Early

Keir Starmer leadership crisis deepens as 2026 nears, with polls at lows and Labour behind Reform. May elections, internal tensions, and policy hurdles could end his premiership early, amid calls for change

International Business Times UK · Dec 31, 2025

Unite leader tells Labour to ‘stop being embarrassed’ to be voice of workers

General secretary of party’s main union backer says it must change course or risk sowing seeds of its own destruction

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025

Starmer’s Labour branded ‘austerity-lite’ and ‘rudderless’ in scathing attack on PM by Unite boss

Head of one of the UK’s largest unions warns the government that a failure to prioritise workers in 2026 could lead to ‘sowing the seeds of its own destruction’

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour is 'austerity lite', says Unite boss in scathing attack on 'failing leadership'

Sharon Graham says debate who should replace Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister is ‘inevitable’

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025

What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional toll

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025