Unions warn against 'out of control' political spending
Its general secretary Gary Smith told the BBC: "Whether there will be a cap on political donations, we will wait and see. "We will talk to the government at the appropriate time but we can't have any confusion between the political voice working people have through their unions and crypto-billionaires."What is interesting about Tuesday's union statement is not just what it says but what it doesn't. There has been no consensus on calling for caps on the spending of political parties rather than donations - one option for dealing with the Reform war chest.Another option was to treat big unions donations as a series of donations from individual members.
- ▪Its general secretary Gary Smith told the BBC: "Whether there will be a cap on political donations, we will wait and see.
- ▪"We will talk to the government at the appropriate time but we can't have any confusion between the political voice working people have through their unions and crypto-billionaires."What is interesting about Tuesday's union statement is not
- ▪There has been no consensus on calling for caps on the spending of political parties rather than donations - one option for dealing with the Reform war chest.Another option was to treat big unions donations as a series of donations from ind
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- ▪ UK trade unions warn against ‘Americanisation of our politics’ from big political donations — The Guardian — Politics
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Unions warn against 'out of control' political spendingImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Head of the TUC, Paul Nowak, spoke about the recent donations to Reform UK at the TUC congress in BrightonByIain WatsonPolitical correspondentPublished5 minutes agoTrade unions have called for "out of control" political spending to be reined in, suggesting that the "health and integrity of democracy" have been threatened by donations totalling £72m to Reform UK.In a joint statement, the TUC - the umbrella group for unions in the UK - called on the government to "protect our democracy from being captured by the super rich".There is no explicit call for a cap on domestic donations to match those the government plans to impose on foreign-based donations.
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