Red Len ally who backs wealth tax is property millionaire

A union leadership contender demanding a wealth tax to pay for the pandemic has his own property empire, it can be revealed today. Unite, Britain’s most powerful union, is expected to fire the starting gun on the race to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary within days. His closest lieutenant Howard Beckett, who is assistant … Read more

Strictly’s Anton Du Beke revealed he auditioned to replace Len Goodman but got turned down

‘I got turned down’: Strictly’s Anton Du Beke revealed he auditioned to replace Len Goodman when the head judge left the panel in 2016 By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 14:11 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 14:11 GMT, 5 February 2021 Anton Du Beke has revealed he auditioned to replace head judge Len Goodman … Read more

Strictly’s Anton Du Beke revealed he auditioned to replace Len Goodman but got turned down

‘I got turned down’: Strictly’s Anton Du Beke revealed he auditioned to replace Len Goodman when the head judge left the panel in 2016 By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 14:11 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 14:11 GMT, 5 February 2021 Anton Du Beke has revealed he auditioned to replace head judge Len Goodman … Read more

Len McCluskey admits bill for a hotel and conference centre for Unite has TREBLED to nearly £100m

Len McCluskey admits the bill for a hotel and conference centre for Unite has TREBLED to nearly £100m and tells union chiefs it’s because they wouldn’t stand for ‘shabby practices’ or low pay The cost of Unite’s controversial luxury hotel and conference centre has trebled General Secretary Len McCluskey blamed increase on paying workers top … Read more

Unite union ‘paid firm owned by leader Len McLuskey’s friend £95 million for a £7m hotel project’

Unite the Union paid a firm owned by a friend of its leader Len McLuskey £95 million for a hotel project that was only supposed to cost £7 million, it has been reported.  Flanagan Group – run by McCluskey’s friend Paul Flanagan – received the money as the primary contractor for the building of a … Read more

Red Len McCluskey and a ‘£35m deal’ with his favourite builder: Row over Unite Union’s new site

Red Len McCluskey and a ‘£35m deal’ with his favourite builder: Cronyism row over Unite union’s new hotel and conference centre Union source claimed officials refused to answer questions over ‘spiralling costs and delays’ at the site in Birmingham The hotel and conference centre is under construction by the Flanagan Group The group is run … Read more

New Labour anti-Semitism row as Unite’s Len McCluskey tells Peter Mandelson to ‘count his gold’ 

New Labour anti-Semitism row as hard Left union boss Len McCluskey tells Tony Blair’s half-Jewish former spin chief Peter Mandelson to go and and ‘count his gold’ Unite kingpin took to Twitter last night to hastily apologise for remarks to BBC   Mr Mandelson, whose father was Jewish, had praised new Labour Keir Starmer  McCluskey is … Read more

Len Goodman reveals he has had an operation to remove skin cancer on his forehead

Len Goodman reveals he had an operation to remove skin cancer on his forehead as he urges others to protect themselves by wearing sunscreen By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 01:55 BST, 23 August 2020 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 23 August 2020 Len Goodman has revealed he had an operation to treat skin cancer on … Read more

Unite chief Len McCluskey ramps up threat to cut Labour funding

Unite chief Len McCluskey ramps up threat to cut Labour funding over Keir Starmer’s ‘reckless’ payout to anti-Semitism whistleblowers Len McCluskey has said it is ‘perfectly legitimate’ for Unite to look at donations Union baron voiced concerns about decision to settle case with whistleblowers  Labour is paying damages to staffers who blew whistle over anti-Semitism … Read more

Unite boss Len McCluskey warns union will ‘no doubt’ review financial support for Labour

Unite boss Len McCluskey warns union will ‘no doubt’ review financial support for Labour after Keir Starmer agreed pay-outs for anti-Semitism whistleblowers Unite chief Len McCluskey said will ‘no doubt’ review his organisation’s support Also warned Sir Keir over the direction of the Labour party during an interview  Labour paid ‘substantial damages’ to whistleblowers who … Read more