labour received more than £1 every second from trades unions in the second week of the election campaign, official figures revealed this morning union barons gave more than £700,000 to ed miliband’s party, swelling labour’s election war chest for the last 14 days of the campaign overall, labour received £11million in donations between april 6 and april 12 – more than twice as much as the conservative party which received just £492,512 union barons gave more than £700,000 to labour in the second week of the election campaign in a boost to ed miliband, pictured today speaking to supporters in leicester  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 them  most of the tory cash came from wealthy individuals, who handed over £460,000 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 the liberal democrats, meanwhile, were given just £50,000 and ukip £8,000, according to figures from the electoral commission most of the lib dem cash came from the green energy company ecotricity, founded by dale vince, provided £30,000 to the lib dems labour received 14 times more in union donations than the lib dems total cash gifts combined unison handed over £311,875, usdaw £300,480 and len mccluskey’s unite a further £112,000 the donations from unions equate to £105,42080 a day – or £122 a second the tories said size of the union donations to labour exposed the type of government mr miliband would lead as prime minister overall, labour received £11million 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  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  mp bob neill said: ‘ed miliband has taken another hefty wedge of cash from the union barons, which comes with strings attached ‘more spending, more borrowing, higher taxes and a bigger welfare bill  all demands that he will bow to in exchange for their financial support ‘ed miliband wants to sneak into downing street by the back door  funded by len mccluskey’s union cash and propped up by nicola sturgeon’s snp they will call the tune and the british people will pay the price’ by law, political parties must submit weekly donation and loan reports to the commission if they are standing candidates in the uk parliamentary election and they have received any donations or loans over £7,500 parties must notify the commission if they are not standing candidates in order to be exempt from weekly reporting
more than £700,000 ed miliband a week labour more than £11million between april 6   april 12 tories just £492,000 the lib dems just £50,000 ukip £ 8,000
union barons gave more than £700,000 to ed miliband’s party in a week . overall, labour accepted more than £11million between april 6   april 12 . tories received just £492,000 with most coming from wealthy individuals . the lib dems, meanwhile, were given just £50,000 and ukip £8,000 