GMB cuts funds it gives Labour from £1.2m to £150,000

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The GMB union is to cut the affiliation funds it gives Labour from £1.2m to £150,000 in the wake of a row over reforms, it has announced.

The union said there would also be cuts in spending on Labour campaigns.

The changes will take effect from the start of next year.

It comes ahead of Ed Miliband's move to reform union funding so individual union members have to opt in to support the party, rather than being automatically affiliated.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23955577

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1. Well, if they aren't getting anything positive from Labour.....

....then it stands to reason that they might want to take their money elsewhere.

I can't see Ed Miliband's proposed union reforms working, largely because Labour Party membership is so unappealing right now.

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2. Hey, it's their money!

Wake up and smell the coffee, Ed.

The Skin