TUC general secretary Paul Nowak will call on unions to “roll up our sleeves and get involved” in creating a new economic settlement today.

The TUC leader will use his keynote address to the first TUC in 15 years held under a Labour government to argue that “Keir Starmer and this government have the interests of working people at heart in a way the Conservatives never did, and never will.”

Unions cannot expect Labour to undo 14 years of Tory damage overnight, he is set to stress, but can take a proactive role in “rebuilding our public services … recasting Britain’s industrial future … [and to] face down those on the right who wish to sow division and discord.”