Jun 052013
Changes propoosed as part of lobbying reform would deprive Labour of union funding.
from Politics.co.uk
"Lobbying reform groups have reacted with outrage at the government's decision to tack on an attack on Labour's funding to its response to the ongoing lobbying scandal.
"Trade unionists were shocked yesterday when the government revealed plans to tackle third party lobbying also included attached measures tightening up regulation of trade union membership lists and forcing parties to include union funding of leaflets in their election spending limits.
"'Regulating the unions without touching big business is a joke. This kind of tit for tat politics is why nothing ever gets done,' Darren Hughes, director of campaigns and research at the Electoral Reform Society, said. …"
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