Will Unite follow Unison in backing Ed Miliband?

Smart money says yes.

With the UK's biggest public sector union Unison coming out for Ed Miliband today, the speculation at Westminster is whether Unite will follow suit. Some expected both to go for Ed Balls, but Balls supporters say they are not surprised and insiders here predict that, despite internal divisions, Unite will in the end back Ed Miliband next week. In an interview with the New Statesman earlier this year, the union's joint general secretary, Derek Simpson, anointed...