[arista]

By Emily Ashton, Whitehall Corresponden

[Two-thirds of Ed Miliband’s Euro candidates
have union links, it emerged last
night — sparking a new row over who runs Labour.
Of the 70 standing in next year’s
Euro elections, 46 are backed by unions.
And ten out of the 11 candidates
who are most likely to win are
backed by unions.

The Tories seized on yesterday’s
list of candidates as proof Mr Miliband
is still in the pocket of militant union
bosses such as Unite’s Len McCluskey.

The Labour leader promised to water down
the unions’ links with Labour after the row
over alleged vote-rigging by Unite in Falkirk.
But the list will heap further pressure
on Mr Miliband — who is on holiday
in France — after The Sun revealed
last week unions have donated £120million
to Labour in the past 12 years. ]


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