Union candidate warns Keir Starmer not to ditch leftwing policies

Steve Turner, contender in Unite's election of a general secretary, says Labour leader must keep promises'

One of the leading candidates to run Labour's most generous union donor has warned Keir Starmer against any attempt to abandon the leftwing pledges he endorsed at the start of his leadership.

With thousands of Unite members set to cast their votes this week to decide its next general secretary, Steve Turner, the leading left candidate, said that Starmer must keep his promise to the members" by resisting demands to shift the party to the right in the wake of its stalling performance.