Stakeholder Response: UNITE

(part of the new union Unite)

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Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite said: "Over the next seven weeks the labour movement has a precious opportunity to reengage with its core supporters and align policy with the aspirations of hard working families.

"The new leadership of the party must focus on the easing the daily struggle that working people face, the struggle for job security, for decent and affordable housing, for equal opportunity for their children and for a balance between their working and their family lives."

Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite, said: "Today Labour must look to the future.

"The debate around the leadership must focus on those issues which have driven so many voters away from the party – growing inequality, the loss of manufacturing jobs, privatisation of public services and, of course, Iraq.

"If, under new leadership, the party can reconnect on these issues we can surely stop David Cameron’s march on Downing Street."