AN investigation into the conduct of a top union boss has planted a “time bomb” under Labour. GMB general secretary Tim Roache, 57, quit suddenly after an internal letter circulated accusing him of improper behaviour.
Ordering the independent probe, union president Barbara Plant vowed to protect its staff, saying the safety of “our people, particularly women” is of “paramount importance”.
It is expected to entangle some senior MPs and union and party officials in what one described as “a scandal-primed time bomb”.
The anonymous letter, signed from “GMB sisters”, made a number of unsubstantiated claims, including that senior Labour figures “colluded many times in a cover up”.