Union Modernisation Fund payments

Found via a comment on Nick Robinson's blog

"The so-called Union Modernisation Fund, introduced by Labour, appears to be little more than a bribe to keep their comrades on-side.

Unions receive lots of taxpayers money, then make donations to the Labour party. How cosy!

For details of payments to individual unions, see here for answer given by Patrick McFadde Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

As for donations from the Unions to keep Labour afloat, these appear come with strings attached. In other words, the unions are using donations as a way of influencing government policy. See here, here and here.

Could this be cash-for-policies? There should be an investigation."

Union Modernisation Fund
Business, Innovation and Skills
Written answers and statements, 8 March 2010
(Hansard Source - here)
Quoted from Theyworkforyou

Greg Hands (Shadow Minister, Treasury; Hammersmith & Fulham, Conservative)

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been paid to each trade union from the Union Modernisation Fund in each year since the fund was started.

Patrick McFadden (M (Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Wolverhampton South East, Labour) 8th March 2010

Union Modernisation Fund
The information on how much has been paid to each trade union from the Union Modernisation Fund in each financial year since the fund started is as follows:

Grant paid to each trade union by financial year
Union	Grant paid (£)
Year ended 31 March 2007
GMB	23,340.53
Wales Trade Union Congress	12,252.64
National Union of Teachers	7,377.84
Royal College of Midwives	43,329.35
Union of Finance Staff	7,083.30
United Road Transport Union	24,330.00
Community and District Nursing Association	8,125.65
British Dental Association	6,047.75
Connect	28,647.63
USDAW	104,011.73
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers	32,489.00
National Union of Journalists	11,475.34
ASLEF	13,232.25
General Federation of Trade Unions	23,284.48
Portman Group Staff Association	6,070.70
Year ended 31 March 2008
GMB	106,532.92
Communication Workers Union	28,008.85
Wales Trade Union Congress	29,708.34
National Union of Teachers	20,285.64
USDAW	5,783.00
Royal College of Midwives	88,135.28
Union of Finance Staff	41,776.70
Unity	15,192.76
United Road Transport Union	50,670.00
Equity	22,737.50
Transport and General Workers Union	47,535.05
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union	17,241.06
Community and District Nursing Association	6,418.37
Community	63,453.00
British Dental Association	15,329.00
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association	46,618.70
Connect	28,988.12
USDAW	82,811.00
Prospect	78,621.69
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers	161,245.00
National Union of Journalists	43,145.52
Trades Union Congress	62,695.00
Community and Youth Workers Union	16,915.96
Unite (Amicus)	128,105.62
ASLEF	58,245.47
General Federation of Trade Unions	74,623.90
Portman Group Staff Association	9,533.80
Musicians' Union	17,788.00
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy	2,845.00
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians	5,983.00
Equity	7,691.30
Year ended 31 March 2009
General Federation of Trade Unions	15,122.48
Trades Union Congress	39,863.19
General Federation of Trade Unions	40,333.07
Musicians' Union	14,426.00
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	326.02
Unison	54,942.22
Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts	5,100.00
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians	7,957.50
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy	14,371.00
Accord	106,164.00
Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union	40,957.97
First Division Association	27,437.00
Trades Union Congress	23,049.00
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians	7,957.50
General Federation of Trade Unions	37,344.17
Nautilus UK	27,007.06
Equity	35,654.58
Unite (Amicus)	29,309.18
Retained Fire-fighters Union	51,930.68
Nationwide Group Staff Union	5,875.00
GMB	63,667.08
Communication Workers Union	116,159.35
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union	33,405.42
Wales Trade Union Congress	83,681.18
Lloyds TSB Group Union	22,322.60
National Union of Teachers	35,267.02
British Dental Association	780.25
Prospect	26,197.78
Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts	5,100.00
Prospect	20,591.49
Unison	87,515.50
Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts	4,085.00
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	17,606.14
Community	23,151.00
Communication Workers Union	14,088.92
Communication Workers Union	20,359.04
National Union of Teachers	41,733.63
PCS	31,268.82
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians	9,720.00
USDAW	71,532.90
Current financial year to date
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	28,858.76
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union	35,964.40
Communication Workers Union	21,931.14
First Division Association	81,509.00
General Federation of Trade Unions	23,707.63
National Union of Teachers	24,254.82
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians	11,496.28
USDAW	26,938.50
Nautilus UK	6,834.31
Accord	30,587.50
Equity	14,103.55
General Federation of Trade Unions	53,978.98
GMB	63,937.54
Musicians Union	15,284.00
Unite (T&G)	88,302.00
Trade Union Congress	67,109.83
Unison	16,835.78
Unison	106,997.01
Unite (Amicus)	89,217.79
Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union	128,096.20
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy	11,230.00
National Union of Schoolmasters, Union of Women Teachers	28,385.00
Trades Union Congress	52,683.23
Unison	79,543.50
Note: Where some unions have more than one project, these have been itemised individually above.

Phew.

Oh, and The Sun points out that

"HALF the Cabinet, including Gordon Brown and 12 of his ministers, are bankrolled in their constituencies by militant union Unite, ...."

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