Rayner ’will not be pushed around’ by Unite after union votes to suspend her | Labour
By: Rowena Mason and Jessica Murray | Published: 2025-07-11 17:42:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Angela Rayner has made clear she will not be “pushed around” by the Unite trade union after it voted to suspend her membership and rethink its ties with the party.
The deputy prime minister was targeted for censure by the union over her role in the Birmingham bin strike, although party sources said Rayner resigned her membership of Unite some months ago.
The motion passed at Unite’s policy conference is a sign of how bad relations have become between Labour and its historically largest trade union donor over the dispute about pay and conditions, which the union says would impose pay cuts of £8,000 on some Birmingham workers.
It is also an escalation of wider tensions between the party and Unite, one of the most leftwing affiliated unions, which has been campaigning against the cuts…
