Len McCluskey confirms Unite will keep funding Labour despite reforms

From (almost) day one I have been arguing that the reforms to Labour?s union funding were not quite the seismic shift that everyone first thought.

The reasons why are a bit convoluted but I tried to explain it in this Q&A a while back.

In essence, the trick is that the millions of pounds flowing into the unions will stay the same.

What is changing is that the percentage of that cash which then automatically goes to Labour is set to decrease ? presuming that many of the 3m affiliated members don?t sign

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Source: http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2013/10/len-mccluskey-confirms-unite-will-keep-funding-labour-despite-reforms/

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