The phrase
"levy payers" refers to individuals or businesses who are required to pay a specific tax or fee.
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The current system of an electoral college allows multiple votes in different sections all having an unequal value, with a trade
union levy payer vote having the least value and an MPs vote having the most value.
The rules will apply to all 4 million existing
political levy payers in unions affiliated to Labour, and those who are not.
In the union section of the electoral college, representing a third of the college, union political
levy payers vote individually, on ballots requiring them to tick a box saying they support Labour.
Working in collaboration with the Australian Government and wider red meat industry, MLA's mission is to deliver value to
levy payers by investing in initiatives that contribute to producer profitability, sustainability and global competitiveness.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is intending to offer the chance of becoming an affiliated supporter to every
CWU levy payer before the General Election.
In relation to affiliated supporters, it was accepted that
many levy payers do not have emails and Iain McNicol undertook to ensure that satisfactory arrangement are made for them.
The # 25m annual political fund income from 4.5 million political
levy payers funds a wide range of political campaigning including being a chief source of funding for Labour.
Labour party's national executive votes to support recruitment of union political
levy payers as affiliated supporters
Thom: The people who might favour an «outsider» in this particular selectorate are, in my view, likely to be «armchair» party members, i.e. non-activists, or perhaps trade
union levy payers.
«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party leadership election by sending out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for
political levy payers... It may well suggest that the margin of his victory depended on votes cast in dubious circumstances.
«Ultimately, our marketing needs to be effective and drive demand for Beef — and in turn providing returns for
our levy payers,» Mr Howie said.
«Ultimately, our marketing needs to be effective and drive demand for beef — and in turn provide returns for
our levy payers.»
Levy payers are consulted by RMAC during the development of the five - year MISP.
In 2015 the whole constitution of the Party is to be changed by the introduction of «affiliated supporters» from political
levy payers.
The strength of a union's vote is dependent on the number of its political
levy payers.
As a result, affiliated union
levy payers are affiliated party members.
MPs should maintain the gateway vote on who goes forward, but there should be a lower threshold (10 % seems fair), and in the final ballot an MP's vote should be equal to any member / affiliate /
levy payer.
He criticises the party's election rules, suggesting union
levy payers should automatically be registered as party supporters, describing the 9 % turnout in last year's leadership contest as paltry.
The paper confirms that Lord Collins, the former party official appointed by Miliband to conduct the review, is proposing a new two - stage process by which union political
levy payers will in future be linked to the party.
He writes: «What is proposed here is to ask
all levy payers, current and future, to make a positive individual choice over the payment of affiliation fees to the Labour party.
Obviously I used my MPs vote — the one that was worth hundreds of times that of the votes of ordinary party members and trade union
levy payers.
The flexibility to change the index in such a situation would be of benefit both to the members and the sponsors — and to the PPF and
levy payers.