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Unite slashes Labour Party funding
Party plunged into crisis by £1.5m cut

Labour Party activists warned of a deep crisis for the party yesterday as Britain's biggest union slashed its membership payments.

Unite announced that it will halve its membership contribution from £3 million to £1.5 million annually.

The union will affiliate just half a million of its members to Labour at £3 each - instead of one million members.

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