Labour-linked campaign group Hope Not Hate appears to be resorting to short-term, fixed-term staff contracts as their donations more than half in just two years. The Hope Not Hate Charitable Trust took just £417,000 in donations and legacies in their most recent year of reporting, according to accounts from October last year. That is in stark contrast to the £715,000 they took the year before, and over half the amount of the year before that when they took over £1 million in donations and legacies. More like crumbs not cash…
It seems their difficult financial situation is impacting their staff, with recent employees being hired on short, fixed term contracts – some for as little as four months. The group was hiring an Event Administrator to start this month on a four month fixed term contract. Since November they have also advertised for a researcher, a content officer, and local campaigns organiser – all of which were fixed term contracts. Back in 2024 and 2023, they were hiring for staff in press and communications, campaigns and digital – all of which were advertised as permanent contracts. Hardly the security at work their friends in the Labour party have been promising…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”