Paul Kenny no longer standing down as GMB General Secretary

Back in December we reported that:

“Paul Kenny has today told the GMB Central Executive Council that he intends to step down as GMB general secretary in late 2013. Kenny was appointed Acting General Secretary on 24 March 2005, and was first elected General Secretary in 2006. He was re-elected unopposed in 2010 for a further five years, but has decided to stand down before the end of his term.”

However, there were always suggestions that Kenny might not in fact be leaving the GMB before his term expirss in late 2015, and today he emailed staff to confirm that he isn’t leaving. Left Futures report him as saying that:

“[I] confirm to anyone who hasn’t heard via the bush telegraph, that I have agreed with CEC to stay until my term of office expires.  I  just  hope everyone is up for the next couple of years in the same way I am because the challenges are huge.”

The General Secretary election will be after the 2015 General Election.