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| Union 'vindicated' in Falkirk row | Union 'vindicated' in Falkirk row |
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| Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has said he is delighted the union has been "vindicated" over Falkirk vote-rigging allegations. | |
| Claims it tried to rig the selection of a party candidate led to a row with Labour leader Ed Miliband. | Claims it tried to rig the selection of a party candidate led to a row with Labour leader Ed Miliband. |
| Labour has since decided no individual or organisation broke rules after evidence of wrongdoing was withdrawn. | Labour has since decided no individual or organisation broke rules after evidence of wrongdoing was withdrawn. |
| Mr McCluskey told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he welcomed Mr Miliband proposing changes to relationships with unions. | |
| The party began seeking a candidate for the Falkirk seat when MP Eric Joyce announced he would step down at the 2015 general election after he was convicted of assault at a Commons bar. | |
| Labour had been investigating allegations Unite tried to sign people up as party members in the constituency without their knowledge to ensure the union's favoured candidate, Karie Murphy, was chosen. | |
| The claims sparked a row between Unite and Mr Miliband, who later proposed widespread changes to Labour's links with the unions. | |
| Two union officials at the centre of the row have been reinstated. | |
| "Obviously we're delighted that we've been vindicated," Mr McCluskey said. | |
| "Right along, we said that Unite had done nothing wrong and I'm pleased now that the Labour Party have actually indicated that no wrongdoing took place." | |
| Mr Miliband, who will address the annual conference of union organisation the TUC in Bournemouth on Tuesday, has said, nevertheless, he will press ahead with changes to Labour's relationship with the trade unions. | |
| He has proposed that union members should actively opt in to join Labour, rather than being automatically affiliated as part of union membership. | |
| That prompted the GMB union to cut its funding to Labour by £1m. | |
| Mr McCluskey said Unite welcomed Mr Miliband's proposals because "we don't agree with the status quo". |