Up to 70 Labour MPs may join pickets as Starmer faces test of party unity
by Peter Walker and Heather Stewart from World news | The Guardian on (#61XHE)
Union source claims MPs will join BT staff on Friday despite Labour leader's call for frontbenchers to stay away
Up to 70 Labour MPs could join union picket lines on Friday as Keir Starmer faces a renewed battle to maintain party unity over support for striking workers.
One shadow minister was believed to be considering joining a Communication Workers Union (CWU) picket line as thousands of BT staff began two days of strikes over pay, which would set up a fresh potential conflict with the Labour leader's office.
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