Cleaner politics

The scale of donations made to Reform in recent days is unprecedented in British politics and should deeply concern anyone who cares about the health and integrity of our democracy.

We cannot afford to see the Americanisation of our politics, with out of control political spending, funded by stratospheric sums of crypto and corporate cash. These donations show clearly whose side Reform are on, with crypto billionaires, foreign and powerful corporate interests lining up to pour in eye-watering sums of money to advance their agendas.

Trade union funding is the cleanest money in politics.

Union donations are made up of the collective subscriptions of care workers, teaching assistants, shop workers and millions of trade union members, democratically controlled and heavily regulated.

Working people deserve – and need – a meaningful stake in how Britain is run.

Trade unions exist to rebalance power in the workplace and society, and ensure that the voices of millions of workers can be heard collectively in our democracy and are not drowned out by those with the deepest pockets.

We will continue to work with policymakers to clean up our politics and strengthen public trust in our democratic system.

We expect our Government to protect our democracy from being captured by the super-rich. Unions are committed to ensuring that working people have a strong, collective voice in the decisions that affect their jobs, their communities and their futures.