Monday, June 21, 2010

British Airways strike union gives Labour almost £1m

By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent Published: 5:44PM GMT twenty-four February 2010

Unite, the countrys greatest union, done donations value roughly �880,000 in the last 3 months of 2009.

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Unite has since Labour some-more than �10 million in new years, and the Conservatives have called the change over the Government "frightening".

Eric Pickles, the Conservative chairman, said: "As millions face air transport misery, we right away find that the kinship at the back of it is bankrolling the Labour Party."

The Unite concession was suggested in Electoral Commission total that showed the Tories lifted some-more than twice as most as Labour in the last entertain of 2009.

The Conservatives had donations value �10,481,949, the commission said. Labour got �4,962,886, and the Lib Dems perceived �1,055,717.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville, a former minister, and Sir Nigel Doughty, a sidestep account millionaire, each done �1 million donations to Labour. Sir Ronald Cohen, a landowner close to Gordon Brown, gave �250,000.

Among the vital Tory donations were �738,000 from David Rowland, a landowner and �500,000 from Stanley Fink, the celebration treasurer.

The commission criticised the Tories for blank the stating deadline for most of their donations.

Peter Wardle, the commission arch executive, said: "We are intensely unhappy with the really high number, and value, of late reported donations, generally from the Conservative Party.

"We have had a quite high turn of late-reported donations this entertain from the Conservative Party head office."

The Tories pronounced the delays were caused by "computer problems".