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Labour faces cash crisis, says Skinner
MP argues few trade unionists will 'opt-in' after rules change

Labour national executive member Dennis Skinner warned yesterday that the party must be ready to reverse its attack on the trade union link if membership drops disastrously.

He predicted that only a fraction of trade union members would join up as individual affiliated members, leading to a serious financial crisis.

The veteran Labour MP pleaded with party leaders to pledge a full-scale review of the party's sweeping constitutional changes at the end of the planned five-year transition.

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