Starmer: Labour must move from being ‘party of protest’ to election winner

Leader's comments seek to defuse row with unions after sacking of minister who gave interviews from picket line

Keir Starmer has said Labour must move from being a party of protest" to one that can win an election in order to help working people.

The party's leader said he supports the right to strike, pointing to his pro-bono work as a lawyer representing striking miners instead of just sentiment and a photo op".