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Source: conservativehome.blogs.com --- Thursday, July 11, 2013
Unite, the Union, has an army of full time officials whose salaries are paid by the taxpayer. They sit in separate office buildings provided by the state. There is supposed to be some restriction on them spending their time on political activities - but in practice checks seldom take place. Central Government needs to do more to tighten up this spending. Why, for instance, does the Ministry of Defence fund 21 Unite officials' salaries ? Is the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, convinced that this represents value for money to the taxpayer for the? ?613,000 a year spent? However, it is in local government, where the spending cuts have been sharpest, that the abuse is most striking. Unite is not the principal recipient of this largesse - others such as Unison and the National Union of Teachers also do well out of it. But it certainly represents an important resource for Unite to draw upon in promoting far left causes in the Labour Party and beyond. Falkirk Council funds a member of staff to spend a third of his time on Union matters. Lewisham Council is more generous funding someone for 60% of their time to work for Unite - at a cost of ?25,711. Birmingham City Council pays for 8.5 full time equivalent Unite officials. Coventry has five. Nottingham funds 4.35. Walsall funds three. Bristol funds two as does Doncaster, Newham and Manchester. Greenwich funds 2.25, Kirklees 2.6, Wirral two, Hackney 1.9, Southampton 1.6, Swansea 1.4. L ...
Source: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/2013/07/save-ed-scrap-unites-taxpayer-funding-for-union-official.html
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