article_snippet.sent: Labour received more than £1 every second from trades unions in the second week of the election campaign, official figures revealed this morning.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, Labour received £1.1million in donations between April 6 and April 12 – more than twice as much as the Conservative party which received just £492,512.
article_snippet.sent: Unison general secretary Dave Prentis (left) and the Unite chief Len McCluskey (right) have boosted Labour's election campaign with donations worth more than £400,000 between Labour's election campaign .
article_snippet.sent: Most of the Tory cash came from wealthy individuals, who handed over £460,000.
article_snippet.sent: Christopher Rokos, who was a co-founder of hedge fund Brevan Howard Asset Management, donated £170,000 - the largest single amount in the period - to the Tories.
article_snippet.sent: The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, were given just £50,000 and Ukip £8,000, according to figures from the Electoral Commission.
article_snippet.sent: Most of the Tory cash came from the Green energy company Ecotricity, founded by Dale Vince, provided £30,000 to the Lib Dems.
article_snippet.sent: Labour received 14 times more in union donations than the Lib Dems
article_snippet.sent: the Lib Dems total cash gifts combined.
article_snippet.sent: Unison handed over £311,875, USDAW £300,480 and Len McCluskey’s Unite a further £112,000.
article_snippet.sent: The donations from unions equate to £105,420.80 a day – or £1.22 a second.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, Labour received £1.1million in donations between April 6 and April 12 – more than twice as much as the Conservative party which received just £492,512 - in a blow to David Cameron, pictured in Penzance, Cornwall today .
article_snippet.sent: Nick Clegg, pictured in Talgarth, Brecon, Wales today, received just £50,000 over seven days - while Ukip took just £8,000, according to figures from the Electoral Commission .
highlights_snippet.sent: Overall, Labour accepted more than £1.1million between April 6 - April 12 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tories received just £492,000 with most coming from wealthy individuals .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Lib Dems, meanwhile, were given just £50,000 and Ukip £8,000 .