Prentis urges Labour to commit to a ‘new deal’ for public services

This year’s Labour conference – online, as befits the times – marked two very special speeches: the last by Dave Prentis as UNISON general secretary, and the first by Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader.
Both men paid powerful tribute to the public sector workers who have kept the UK on its feet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And Mr Starmer said it was time for Labour “to get serious about winning” and repair the damage done to public services by a decade of Tory gover