Unite attacks Angela Rayner over ‘abhorrent’ handling of Birmingham bin strikes | Labour

Angela Rayner has been accused of handling the Birmingham bin workers’ strike in a “totally and utterly abhorrent” way by the Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham.

Graham told BBC Radio 4 Today’s programme: “Angela Rayner refuses to get involved, and she is directly aiding and abetting the fire-and-rehire of these bin workers, it is totally and utterly abhorrent.”

In a heated interview, Graham said the deputy prime minister had also failed to turn up to a recent meeting with Graham, saying: “She doesn’t want to talk about this issue, because she knows that what is happening is abhorrent, but she does not want to intervene.”

She added that Rayner had been a member of the union for 10 years but may have left of her own accord over the last quarter because “she’s seen…