3/8/22: The Mirror has paid out £18,000 in libel damages, plus costs, to ex-Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey.
The Mirror quoted an unnamed Labour source who falsely claimed that Unite had almost gone bankrupt under McCluskey’s ten-year leadership which ended in 2021.
The newspaper also published an apology, in which it said: “This is incorrect. In fact, at the time of Mr McCluskey’s departure from Unite, the Union’s assets totalled almost £500m, which had increased significantly under his leadership.”
McCluskey gave all of the damages he received to children’s charity NSPCC in July.
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