Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says

Sharon Graham tells party to wake up and smell the coffee' after shameful' handling of Birmingham bin strike

Labour will be decimated" in the upcoming local elections and should hang their heads in shame" over the handling of the Birmingham bin strike, Unite's general secretary has said.

In a speech to refuse workers near a waste depot in Tyseley on Thursday, Sharon Graham said working people were moving away from Labour in droves and called on the party to wake up and smell the coffee".