Regretting those donations…
UPDATE: Rayner responds that she resigned her Unite membership several months ago, so cannot be suspended. Her membership was still on her registered interests as of May…
Labour’s biggest union backer Unite has voted to suspend Angela Rayner’s membership and ‘re-examine’ the union’s relationship with Labour. Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham posted:
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β Sharon Graham (@UniteSharon) July 11, 2025
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”