union barons handed ed miliband more than £16million in the first week of the election campaign – treble the donations received by the tories figures released by the electoral commission revealed that labour received £19million in the week to april 5, with 84 per cent coming from just three trade unions it included a £1million cheque from unite, entrenching labour’s reliance on the union’s militant boss len mccluskey ed miliband received  £16m from union barons in the first week of the election campaign, figures have revealed  conservative donations totalled just over £500,000 in the first week of the campaign, with about a quarter coming from donors with links to hedge funds critics have accused labour of being bound by its union paymasters after the party unveiled policies including raising corporation tax, introducing a mansion tax, repealing the benefits cap, nationalising the railways and scrapping employment tribunal fees since mr miliband became party leader, thanks largely to union backing, nearly £7 in every £10 donated to labour has come from the unions – amounting to more than £40million in the first round of election donations registered, £506,240 was given by unison, while the cwu gave £51,072 labour received a £1million cheque from unite, entrenching labour’s reliance on the union’s militant boss len mccluskey (pictured) the party did attract one large business donation, from property tycoon sir david garrard the former tax exile, who was involved in the cash for honours controversy, gave £250,000 ukip received only £35,416 in the period but last night its coffers were boosted by a £1million donation from daily express owner richard desmond, who gave £300,000 last year in the week to april 5, the conservatives received £501,850 and the lib dems £20,000 one of the most generous gifts to the tories – £75,000 – came from michael tory, who was in charge of lehman brothers’ uk investment banking division when the bank nearly crashed the west’s economy sawsan asfari, wife of long time tory donor and oil executive ayman asfari, gave £20,000 syrian born mr asfari, who has given the tories about £400,000, was made a ‘business ambassador’ by david cameron last year home insurance boss richard harpin of homeserve gave £50,000 his company was fined £30million last year for a mis selling scandal hedge fund manager, james diner, who once dated model caprice, gave £25,000 while socialite fitriani hay, who co owns property development firm jmp group with her racehorse owning husband james, donated £66,850 ukip received £25,000 from robin birley, who is also bankrolling tory chief whip michael gove’s re election campaign nick clegg’s friend anthony ullmann, boss of polyester yarn company autofil, and joseph zammit lucia, who describes himself as a ‘compulsive contrarian’ on his website, each gave £10,000 to the lib dems tory candidate henry smith said: ‘the union fatcats have once again lavished the dosh on ed miliband that’s because they know he’s a weak leader who’ll dance to more than one tune: not only snp leader nicola sturgeon’s, but their’s too those tunes mean more spending, more borrowing and britain back to bankruptcy’ conservative donations totalled just over £500,000 in the first week of the campaign, with about a quarter coming from donors with links to hedge funds  david cameron and ed miliband are indulging in fantasy economics, the taxpayers’ alliance claimed it said both parties were making unrealistic spending pledges to win votes the think tank’s jonathan isaby said: ‘it’s clear that nobody is facing up to the true scale of the deficit reduction challenge 'it is a fantasy to pretend that you can balance britain’s books without significant spending reductions, and politicians must come clean about what they will be voters deserve real honesty’
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