A candidate to replace Len McCluskey has denounced the boss of union Unite for spending almost £100million of its money on a luxury hotel complex.
Gerard Coyne blasted the current leadership over costs which rose from £7million to £98million for a 170-room four-star hotel, conference centre and Unite offices in Birmingham.
Left-winger Mr McCluskey, 70, is to retire this year after 11 years heading Britain s second-biggest union. The hotel is called Red Len s Folly by his critics.
Mr Coyne, who was narrowly defeated in a bitter leadership contest in 2017, said spending such eye-watering amounts showed wrong priorities .
It was not the union s job to be the backseat driver for the Labour Party and he promised to empower our workplace reps and support our members through the troubled times to come – not to play political games or waste their hard-earned money.
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