Unite likely to face hearing over Len McCluskey election

Unite is likely to face a hearing into Len McCluskey’s election as general secretary in the new year after months of inquiries by the regulator.The certification officer has been looking into complaints from Gerard Coyne since June, after he lost the union’s leadership election by fewer than 6,000 votes in April.No date has been set for a hearing between Coyne and Unite, but three sources told the Guardian the inquiries were stepping up and one was expected to happen in the first qua