The Labour party’s biggest affiliate trade union, Unite, has suspended Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, as a dispute over a strike gripping the city of Birmingham deepens.

Unite suspends Angela Rayner’s membership as it says Labour is not on the side of workers - General secretary Sharon Graham said the deputy prime minister ‘has had every opportunity to intervene and r

Angela Rayner has been suspended by Unite the Union over the Birmingham bin strike. The organisation has also announced it will review its relationship with the Labour Party. Unite, which is one of Labour’s biggest financial backers, voted on Friday to suspend the Deputy Prime Minister and accused her of backing a council that had “peddled lies”.