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Hamish Morrison

UNCOVERED: New tuc chief s gloomy forecast for keir starmer government - The Untold Story

LABOUR will not “be able to fix our public services” on day one if they win the next election, the new head of the UK’s trade union federation has said.

Paul Nowak, the incoming new head of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), cast a pessimistic light on the limits of what Keir Starmer will be able to achieve if he is elected Britain’s next prime minister, saying Labour would not be able to “turn the taps on from day one”.

Speaking to The Guardian, Nowak said no one would be able to predict the “economic mess Labour is going to inherit” if the party takes over from the Conservatives in Westminster come the next General Election.

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