UNITE the union has decided to cut its affiliation to the Labour Party by more than half a million pounds a year, or more than 40 per cent.The immediate reason is the continuing incapacity of the government to resolve the bin strike in Birmingham, triggered by the determination of the Labour-run council to cut workers’ wages.Indeed, some of the money saved in affiliation fees will go towards paying court fines imposed in the course of the dispute, which has now been going on for more than a year.

UNITE the union has decided to cut its affiliation to the Labour Party by more than half a million pounds a year, or more than 40 per cent.

The immediate reason is the continuing incapacity of the government to resolve the bin strike in Birmingham, triggered by the determination of the Labour-run council to cut workers’ wages.

Indeed, some of the money saved in affiliation fees will go towards paying court fines imposed in the course of the dispute, which has now been going on for more than a year.

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