Union boss’s stark warning to Keir Starmer - 2025 is the time to deliver
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TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns Labour to learn the lessons of Donald Trump’s victory in the US and ensure workers feel better off. The leader of the UK’s unions has issued a stark warning to Keir Starmer that his party must ‘deliver’ in 2025.
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Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the TUC, said that “continuing with the same broken status quo is not an option” and that ordinary people had to start to feel better off in their wallets. In an interview with The Independent, he said the one word he would use to sum up the troubled first six months of Sir Keir’s time in Downing Street would be “potential”.
Since entering No 10 the Labour leader has come under fire for a series of unpopular policies including the tractor tax and stripping Winter Fuel Payments from millions of pensioners. He recently unveiled a new Plan for Change as the party seeks to learn the lessons of the US election that delivered Donald Trump’s victory – to focus on how well off people feel they are rather than broader economic measures like GDP.
In his New Year’s message, the leader of the UK trade union movement says working people desperately need tangible change. “Repairing and rebuilding Britain after 14 years of Tory chaos and decline is a massive challenge for the government,” he said. “But 2025 has to be a year of delivery - continuing with the same broken status quo is not an option.
