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LABOUR stands accused of spending so much money on legal cases that it is having to beg members for donations to pay for its campaign in forthcoming local elections in May.
The party has written to members telling them that “every penny” counts towards the cost of the elections, which the government has announced will go ahead in May.
But leading northern Labour activist Tosh McDonald, former president of train drivers’ union Aslef, accused the party of spending so much cash fighting legal actions that it was having to turn to members for cash.
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