Labour Leader - UNISON Response

UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, has welcomed the election of Ed Miliband as Leader of the Labour Party, announced in Manchester today. He said:“Congratulations to Ed on being elected leader of the Labour Party. UNISON backed Ed Miliband because of the way he listened and understood the needs of ordinary working people. We look forward to working together to challenge the coalition government and its regressive cuts agenda. “Under Ed’s leadership, Labour must offer an alternative economic strategy, promoting growth and recovery, together with fairness. This means protecting the poor, the sick and the vulnerable from the fall-out of this banker’s recession. “Protecting public services, and defending them against sweeping privatisation, must be central to this vision of a fairer society. “As a priority, Ed must re-connect with Labour’s lost voters, including public sector workers, many of whom have been turned off in the past because they believed that Labour had deserted them.”