Unite baron Len McCluskey has boasted that trade unions ‘ own ’ the Labour party and its policies . ‘ The Labour Party is our party . We built it , to serve us ’ , he declared and went on to say : ‘ These are our policies…they are now within our grasp. ’ The boast comes only 24 hours after Alex Salmond bragged that he would be writing Labour ’ s budget . The arrogant claim by the former Scottish first minister , who is running as an SNP candidate , was featured on the front page of yesterday ’ s Mail . Unite boss Len McCluskey , pictured , boasted that the trade union movement 'owns ' the Labour Party . The intervention of Mr McCluskey , so soon after Mr Salmond ’ s mocking remarks , is another humiliation for Ed Miliband . It comes in a foreword to Unite ’ s magazine . Mr McCluskey urges his members to ‘ take back our country ’ and ‘ restore decency , dignity and justice ’ . He says : ‘ The Labour party is our party . We built it , to serve us , the people . Never forget , the rich and powerful have their party , the Tories . And Ukip is no friend – they are frauds , charlatans who will roll back every advance won by working people . ‘ One May 7 , we can vote for a government that will build homes , give our kids hope , save our NHS and attack the evil of zero hours , hire and fire working . ‘ These are our policies . These are the changes that you have been fighting for these five long years . They are now within our grasp. ’ He goes on to warn : ‘ Do not for a moment forget this : should Cameron and his cronies win on May 7 , they will change our nation forever – but not for better . ‘ Cuts that will take us back to the darkest days of the 1930s . Attacks on unions will place us in chains so we can not defend you , our members. ’ The article is Mr McCluskey ’ s first major intervention in the election campaign . Trade unions gave Labour £737,948 out of the £1.1million the party raised this week – the second week of the election campaign . This is the equivalent of £1.22 every second from trade union . Unite gave £112,000 according to official figures published by the Electoral Commission . But this was dwarfed by health workers ’ union Unison ’ s £311,875 and the Union of Shop , Distributive and Allied Workers ’ £300,481 . However , last week Unite gave Labour £1million and has provided £14.4million since Mr Miliband won the Labour leadership . He was a surprise victor in the 2010 leadership election thanks largely to the support of the unions . The Labour leader was even serenaded by Unite ’ s brass band at a rally in Yorkshire yesterday . Labour 's deputy leader Harriet Harman , right , is a fully paid up member of the Unite trade union . Other Unite members looking for a seat in cabinet are Andy Burnham , pictured , and Chuka Umunna . Reflecting Unite ’ s own programme , the party plans to ban zero hours contracts , impose rent controls , raise the minimum wage , scrap job tribunal fees and part-renationalise the railways . Earlier this week it emerged that more than half of Labour candidates in winnable seats are sponsored by Unite . Unite has also called on Labour to restore the 50p top rate of tax , ditch the so-called bedroom tax , or spare room subsidy , end all austerity measures and increase borrowing . Mr McCluskey , a former dock worker who has clawed himself up to the top of the super-union , threatened to axe funding to Labour unless it adopted his socialist policies . Of the 106 target constituencies , Unite has endorsed or partly bankrolled 54 of the contenders . Harriet Harman , Andy Burnham and former banker Chuka Umunna are paid up members of Unite . Labour also received a £300,000 boost from Allamhouse Limited , a company owned by Egyptian tycoon Aseem Allam , who is worth a reputed £300million . Mr Allam , owner of the premier Hull City football club , said he was ‘ not necessarily ’ voting Labour but had donated to the party to reduce its reliance on the trade unions . He said : ‘ I like Ed Miliband , he is an honest politician . He means every word he says . I just don ’ t like what the words he is saying. ’ He added that politicians , in particular Labour , ‘ should stop talking about the gap between rich and poor . If the gap becomes too small then you will have communism . The only way to lift the standard of living is to create more rich people . Otherwise you make everybody poor. ’ He recently praised David Cameron and said the Conservatives had the ‘ best ’ economic plan . A Labour Party spokesman said : ‘ We are grateful to all those who donate to the Labour Party . He added : ‘ Unlike the Conservatives who increasingly rely on the money of hedge funds and an exclusive group of super rich donors… Labour is proud to be supported by millions of teachers , nurses , builders , plumbers , supermarket workers and many others. ’ The Conservatives received money from 17 donors , of which 14 were individuals – accounting for £460,000 of the £492,512 . Among them was Brevan Howard Asset Management hedge fund founder Christopher Rokos , who gave £170,000 .
Unite boss Len McCluskey told members that Unions created Labour . He urged members to 'take back our country ' and 'bring back decency ' Last week his union pumped a further £1 million into the Labour Party . 300,481 of Labour candidates in winnable seats are backed by Unite .