The executive council of the Fire Brigades Union has nominated Lucy Powell for the role of deputy leader of the Labour Party.
The union has expressed support for Lucy Powell’s call to scrap the two child benefit cap and for full delivery of the Employment Rights Bill.
The ballot of Labour members will open on 8 October.
Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright said:
Austerity and authoritarianism are a road to nowhere but misery for working people. If Labour does not deliver the change it promised, this will be a one term government.
The FBU supports Lucy Powell's call to scrap the two child benefit cap, as well as her support for the full delivery of the Employment Rights Bill. We urge her, and all Labour MPs, to go further - to end austerity and introduce a wealth tax."
That's why our union is backing Lucy Powell as deputy leader - to send a clear message that the leadership must change direction."
