THE labour movement must pull together and not engage in “self-pity and recriminations” as it deals with the fallout from the general election, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady will urge in her new year message.

She will stress the importance of remaining “united and focused.”

She will say: “As we face the challenges of the 2020s, all parts of the labour and trade union movement must pull together. We must be a broad church — and a bigger one too.

“Now is not the time for self-pity or recriminations. Our job is to fight for working people, not against each other.

“We need to learn the lessons of the 2019 election and listen to the working-class communities we exist to serve.

“We need to show humility, reflect and then pick ourselves up and prepare for the battles ahead.”

She will pledge that the trade union movement will hold Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “feet to the fire” on his promises to invest in schools and hospitals, increase real wages and deliver stronger rights at work.

“We will resist his attacks on the right to strike and on the very organisations that help people get a better deal at work — unions.

“And we will fight to make sure that the UK’s Brexit trade deals protect labour standards and good jobs, and to stop Donald Trump getting his hands on our NHS.”

She will add that working families will not be sorry to see the back of the 2010s, describing it as a decade of austerity and pay stagnation.