Tories suffer another embarrassing defeat over ‘blatant manipulation of the rules’

‘The Tories have suffered another humiliating defeat at the hands of the Lords. This time, over their plans to strip Labour of £6m a year of funds.

The assault on Labour funding, contained within the trade union bill, changes the way unions collect political contributions. If the bill was introduced in its current form, union members would have to opt in to paying the contribution, rather than opting out. This would mean a catastrophic lack of funds for Labour, as unions provide around 20% of Labour’s funding.

Peers voted by 327 votes to 234 to set up a special committee to scrutinise the bill further.’

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