The Unite union’s hotel development in Birmingham raised “very serious concerns about potential criminality”, according to a pair of new reports.
Unite has shared two independent reports on the construction of the 170-bedroom hotel and conference centre complex, which was forecast to cost £35m in 2015 when it was begun by the then general secretary Len McCluskey. Since then the costs have risen to an estimated £98m, although the asset is believed to be worth around £30m or less.
Sharon Graham, who took over from McCluskey last year, commissioned two reports on the project, one by a senior lawyer and another by accountants at Grant Thornton.
On Thursday, the union said both reports would be shared with police and would not be published while officers looked into what they uncovered.
