Following weeks of political turbulence for Labour as a result of the alleged actions of affiliate, the Unite union, to make sure that a large number of its members would be selected as Labour representatives for the 2015 general election, party leader, Ed Miliband, has moved to announce major reforms in the relationship between Labour and the unions. (Ref. 130474)
Having drawn up a plan to secure the selection of a number of its members as prospective Labour Party candidates for the 2015 general election, Unite stood accused of unethical political fixing including signing up its own members to Labour without their knowledge in the Falkirk West constituency.
The significance of this was that if Unite could recruit enough of its members to Labour in the targeted constituencies – most of which were safe Labour seats – it could secure its activists as prospec
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