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Unite, the largest union in Britain has donated almost £30 millions to the Labour Party over the past decade, leading to claims that it has the party in its pocket.
I don’t know whether this claim is true or not, though I have my own views on the subject, but a report in the Daily Telegraph this morning reveals that the union has, in turn, received £18 millions of taxpayers' money since 1998 under Labour.
It appears that the government controls two little-known funds, the Union Modernisation Fund and the Union Learning Fund, set up to improve training and skills for union members. Unite, it seems, was the biggest beneficiary from the first of these funds and received a sixth of all the money given out from the second.
The Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, said: ‘This really looks like money laundering - taxpayers’ money is being funnelled into Unite then put straight back into Labour's coffers.’ Opposition parties claim that the funds are a ‘bung’ to groups that support Labour politically and financially. It certainly seems that way.
Unite is the same union that by threatening to strike has already cost British Airways an estimated £25 millions and may cost them a great deal more if the strikes go ahead!
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Unite, the largest union in Britain has donated almost £30 millions to the Labour Party over the past decade, leading to claims that it has the party in its pocket.
I don’t know whether this claim is true or not, though I have my own views on the subject, but a report in the Daily Telegraph this morning reveals that the union has, in turn, received £18 millions of taxpayers' money since 1998 under Labour.
It appears that the government controls two little-known funds, the Union Modernisation Fund and the Union Learning Fund, set up to improve training and skills for union members. Unite, it seems, was the biggest beneficiary from the first of these funds and received a sixth of all the money given out from the second.
The Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, said: ‘This really looks like money laundering - taxpayers’ money is being funnelled into Unite then put straight back into Labour's coffers.’ Opposition parties claim that the funds are a ‘bung’ to groups that support Labour politically and financially. It certainly seems that way.
Unite is the same union that by threatening to strike has already cost British Airways an estimated £25 millions and may cost them a great deal more if the strikes go ahead!
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