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Labour's trade union paymaster is to cut its donations to the party and give money to Left-wing campaigns instead.
Unite's new general secretary Sharon Graham questioned whether it gets good value for the millions it gives to the opposition.
Her dramatic move could severely damage leader Sir Keir Starmer's campaigning ahead of the next general election – the union has handed the central party, local Labour groups and candidates £40million over the past decade.
Miss Graham told The Guardian last night that Unite would still pay £1million in annual affiliation fees to Labour.
Labour's trade union paymaster is to cut its donations to the party. Unite's general secretary Sharon Graham (pictured) queried if it gets good value for millions it gives to the opposition
But she went on: 'There's a lot of other money that we use from our political fund where,
