Unions react angrily to sacking of Labour shadow minister Sam Tarry

BBC News says Unions have reacted angrily to the decision by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to sack a junior shadow transport minister who joined striking rail workers on a picket line.

Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away.

Labour said the reason he was fired was for unauthorised media appearances.

Mr Tarry said he had been standing “in solidarity with striking workers”.

In a statement, Labour said it would “always stand up for working people fighting for better pay, terms and conditions at work”.

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