UNIONS must put pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s right-wing Labour Party to provide the bold opposition that Britain needs, Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union leader Mark Serwotka said today.

If Jeremy Corbyn’s successor, who has largely abandoned the left-wing pledges he was elected on, fails to deliver, the labour movement will step in and demand a country that “looks after working people before being loyal to billionaires,” he warned.

The ex-TUC president addressed the opening day of the union’s annual conference in Brighton just days after announcing he plans to retire at the end of the year after nearly a quarter of a century in charge.