Leader of Unite calls on Labour to ditch fiscal caution and ‘be visionary’

Sharon Graham worries chancellor’s Treasury is hampering investment in UK and criticises winter fuel allowance cuts

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Labour’s biggest supporter among the unions has accused Rachel Reeves’s Treasury of showing a lack of vision in government and hampering investment in the UK.

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, accused the chancellor of being too focused on fiscal prudence at the expense of economic reform and growth.