Opinion: While Labour struggles to keep its ship upright, so does its largest donor

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Opinion: While Labour struggles to keep its ship upright, so does its largest donor
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The jobs crisis challenges Unite as well as its members, threatening to dent its £300m general fund and the political fund from which it has donated £7m to Labour since January 2019

. But having lost the grip he exercised over Labour under Corbyn, McCluskey seems determined to fight for Corbynism’s survival. Which may be one reason why some in Unite think that while maintaining public neutrality, he has privately favoured Beckett as his successor.

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