Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership bid wins backing of MPs and Unison
Shadow Brexit secretary is first candidate to get more than 22 backers needed to make ballot
Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign has received a boost after he won the backing of the UK’s biggest trade union, Unison, and became the first person to get more than the 22 MPs required to become a candidate.
The shadow Brexit secretary is all but certain to be one of the names put to a vote of the Labour membership, after Dave Prentis, the Unison general secretary, declared the union would be endorsing him.