SIR Keir Starmer’s plan to hand unions more power will drag Britain “back to the 1970s”, a top minister has warned.
Mel Stride blasted Labour over their vow to tear up laws requiring minimum staffing at schools and hospitals on strike days.
AlamyKeir Starmer’s plan to hand unions more power will drag Britain ‘back to the 70s’ according to top Tories[/caption]
AlamyMel Stride accused Starmer of trying to lure moderates over to his party by ‘aping the language of Conservatism’[/caption]
The Work and Pensions Secretary said Sir Keir had been trying to lure moderates over to his party by “aping the language of Conservatism”.
But he said the Labour leader — who was glitterbombed at his party conference in Liverpool — was offering “fool’s gold”.
If Sir Keir is elected, the minister warned, he will just hand vast power to his militant union mates.
Writing in today’s Sun on Sunday, Mr Stride said: “Labour will take Britain back to the 1970s, and no one wants that.
“Sir Keir should be honest about what the public face under him — vote Labour, get strikes.”
Labour has vowed to rip up the minimum service level rules within their first 100 days of power.
The laws were introduced in response to last year’s “winter of discontent”, which saw hospitals, schools and rail crippled by strikes.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said: “Rishi Sunak had the ability to bring these strikes to an end, but under the Tories the country has been brought to a standstill.”
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