As Jeremy Corbyn's Deputy Director of Strategy & Communication, I was on the GE2017 strategy group.

Until #LabourLeaks I'd never heard of the Ergon House Project.

@Keir_Starmer investigate:

Where did the money come from?
Who authorised it?
Was the spending properly declared?

When GE2017 was called, funding was given to defensive seats. But the 'campaign to win' strategy was also agreed despite opposition from McNicol & co. As more money came in from unions/online, we put pressure on to spend it offensively (see 11.5.17 emails). https://twitter.com/FromSteveHowell/status/1249688143504310272

While it's likely union/members' money was largely properly spent, because LOTO signed off its use, #LabourLeaks suggests £ thousands were secretly siphoned off to the Ergon House Project to support favoured candidates. Members should now insist on a full GE2017 campaign audit.