The interests of working people are not best served by Reform

Commenting on Nigel Farage’s speech today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:

“It’s easy to announce policies to appeal to voters, but far harder to work out how to fund them.

“Working people and their families want good public services, a decent standard of living and to be treated well at work.

“Previous governments starved vital services of cash, trashed the economy and did nothing to crack down on unscrupulous employers. That’s why getting the UK back on track won’t happen overnight.

“The future for many families continues to look bleak. But voters should be wary of politicians promising the earth and trying to be all things to all people.

“A party that wants to stop the NHS from being free at the point of delivery is certainly not to be trusted.

“One that’s voted consistently against modest measures to improve working conditions and threatened to sack council workers at the earliest opportunity.

“Reform has shown by its words and actions that the party’s no friend of working people.”

Notes to editors:
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.