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Len McCluskey

December 23, 2021, 11:38 am

Len McCluskey confirms he has left his role at Unite trade union

Staunch supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, who caused controversy saying antisemitism claims were 'mood music', steps aside ahead of his planned departure date next year

By Lee Harpin

September 14, 2021, 2:24 pm

McCluskey criticised for claiming Starmer backtracked on Corbyn reinstatement

Ex union boss used his memoir to give an account of an alleged backroom deal to readmit Corbyn, who was suspended for a statement after the EHRC report into antisemitism

By Lee Harpin

Len McCluskey makes a speech during the Durham Miners' Gala. Photo credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

August 12, 2021, 10:24 am

Len McCluskey memoirs give account of Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension

Publishers redact what they say are 'sensitive' passages from early copies, as the union boss confirms he is in relationship with Corbyn's ex head of staff, Karie Murphy

By Lee Harpin

May 5, 2021, 3:15 pm

Len McCluskey’s Unite union still ‘owes’ £2m in court costs

Trade Union still contesting costs it was told to pay after losing libel battle with former MP Anna Turley

By Lee Harpin

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

December 13, 2020, 6:10 pm

Corbyn announces launch of Peace and Justice Project

Labour MP Zarah Sultana, who wrote that she supports "violent resistance" against Israel, joins failed ex Labour leader in Peace and Justice Project to “bring people together”.

By Jewish News Reporter

October 30, 2020, 12:18 pm

McCluskey brands Corbyn suspension ‘unjust’, but urges members to stay in party

Unite official, who said 'funding arrangements' may be reconsidered over payouts to whistleblowers, claimed it was 'wrong' for Corbyn to be suspended but hopes to resolve the issue

By Jewish News Reporter

October 20, 2020, 3:30 pm

Len McCluskey sorry for telling Peter Mandelson to ‘count his gold’

Union boss criticised for allegedly using 'antisemitic trope' during Newsnight interview in which he hit out at Tony Blair's former close ally

By Tali Fraser

October 7, 2020, 9:41 am

Len McCluskey: Unite ‘angry’ over payouts to Panorama whistleblowers

Union leader says it was an 'absolute mistake and wrong to pay out huge sums of money to individuals who were suing the Labour Party'

By Jewish News Reporter

August 2, 2020, 8:37 am

Len McCluskey: Unite would review backing for Labour over whistleblower payouts

Head of Labour's biggest union and ally of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, fires warning shot to Keir Starmer, calling the payouts 'an abuse of members’ money'

By Jewish News Reporter

November 28, 2019, 2:49 pm

Len McCluskey: Chief Rabbi ‘wrong’ to say Corbyn unfit to be PM

Union boss tells BBC Radio 4 he thought it was 'quite extraordinary that a religious leader should come out and say that'

By Jewish News Reporter

May 31, 2019, 3:36 pm

Corbyn leads tributes to ‘dear friend’ and left-wing activist Walter Wolfgang

Labour leader says campaigner was a 'moral leader', and that his politics was 'underpinned by his Jewish faith' as he passes away aged 95

By Jewish News Reporter

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry speaks during the Labour Party's annual conference 2018. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

September 25, 2018, 4:23 pm

Emily Thornberry: Palestine used ‘as a cloak’ for Jew-hatred

Shadow foreign secretary gives speech at Labour conference insisting that left-wing antisemitism must be driven out of the party

By Justin Cohen

September 24, 2018, 11:06 am

Len McCluskey: Antisemitism row like a fight on ‘our enemy’s territory’

Senior Unite boss takes aim at MPs who've been critical of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

September 23, 2018, 5:40 pm

MPs line up to demand action on antisemitism at JLM conference rally

Jon Lansman addresses fringe event ‘as a Jew in solidarity with the Jews of Britain’

By Jenni Frazer

Dame Margaret Hodge. Photo credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

August 17, 2018, 10:48 am

Dame Margaret Hodge: Labour probe made me think of plight of Jews in 1930s

Veteran Jewish Labour MP says investigation into her conduct 'felt almost as if they were coming for me'

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