The union leaders about to ruin your life

Government agreed pay deals with junior doctors, teachers and most controversially train drivers.

Trades Union Congress expected to push government for pay restoration’ to make up for a decade of real-terms salary cuts in the public sector.

James Cleverly , one of those in the race to become the next Conservative party leader, claimed Labour was being “played by union paymasters”.

Under Ward , the CWU has adopted a similar strategy to Unite .

In 2021 , its 200,000 members voted to suspend any donations to the Labour party.

Many of CWU ’s members work for former state monopolies, such as BT and Royal Mail , that have long since been privatised.

He has also not held back from expressing his concern that the transition to a low-carbon economy could have dire consequences for those of his members who work to extract North Sea oil or in other heavy industries. Smith has said politicians have been “fundamentally dishonest” about how difficult and expensive the move to net zero will be and warned Starmer not to risk “economic destruction”. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day 's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week..