in London, most prominently Islington and Haringey were also funding gay groups at that time, one report estimating that these boroughs and the GLC together donated more than £600,000 to gay projects and groups during 1984.

The attention to this, and the alliances between LGBT and labour unions (including the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)) - formed by activist groups such as Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners