SIR Keir Starmer was last night accused of siding with strikers again — as it emerged unions gave the party £3.6million in a year.
The Labour boss was condemned for taking cash from unions behind crippling walkouts, including in hospitals and on trains.
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of siding with strikers again — as it emerged unions gave the party £3.6million in a year
Yesterday Sir Keir refused eight times to say what he would do to sort out the strikes if he were in No 10.
It came as stats revealed Labour accepted tens of thousands of pounds from Unison after the ambulance strikes and thousands more from transport union TSSA after it announced more walkouts.
In the past year, Labour took £51,000 from Aslef, £8,000 from the militant RMT, and nearly £1million from GMB, registered donations show. It accepted close to £2million from Unite, and £795,000 from Unison since last July.
Craig Tracey, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party, said last night: “Labour are so deep in their union paymasters’ pockets, who knows who is really running their show.”
A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Only Labour can be trusted to run the economy in the interests of working people, built on the rock of economic stability and fiscal discipline.”
The RMT is to cause more travel misery by striking again on Thursday and Saturday.
Meanwhile, hospital consultants on an average of £120,000 a year will strike again next month — after walkouts on Thursday and Friday.
The British Medical Association rejected a six per cent pay offer and is demanding a 35 per cent pay rise.
Doctors will provide a Christmas Day level of cover — forcing thousands of appointments to be scrapped.
Last night Dr Vishal Sharma, BMA consultants’ committee chair, warned ministers they were in it for “the long haul”.
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