Labour leader Ed Miliband is to use his speech to the TUC on Tuesday to say he is "absolutely determined" to continue reforming Labour's relationship with the unions - despite warnings that more unions will pull the plug financially.
Mr Miliband is fighting fresh Tory claims that the unions are "pulling the strings" of his party after a disciplinary process found no rules had been breached in the Scottish constituency of Falkirk where there had been allegations of candidate selection-rigging.
Would-be Falkirk MP Karie Murphy has been reinstated to the party after an internal investigation cleared both her and the Unite union of the claims.
Before the investigation, a bitter public row broke out between Unite boss Len McCluskey and Mr Miliband, who was pushed to propose radical changes to Labour's historic links with the union movement.
Mr McCluskey, who appeared on Sky News' Murnaghan programme, said he was not looking for an apology from Labour. He wants the unions and Labour to focus on jobs.
One union, the GMB, has responded by slashing its affiliation fees by more than £1m and others could follow, leaving Labour with a huge black hole in its finances.
But Mr Miliband is to tell the conference: "We need to build a party truly rooted in the lives of all the working people of Britain once more.
"That is what my reforms are about. It is the right thing to do. We have to change.
"And I am absolutely determined to make this change happen."
Labour has stressed that its Falkirk findings came after "key evidence" was withdrawn - with Falkirk MP Eric Joyce claiming people were "prevailed upon" to do so.
Senior MP Tom Watson - who quit his shadow cabinet post over the row - said Ms Murphy was owed an apology for the way she had been treated.
But a senior Labour source insisted: "There is no prospect of an apology."
Elsewhere, the conference agenda will focus on unemployment with the TUC claiming the number of jobless could be almost double the official total.
It says that, as well as the 2.5 million official jobless figure, a further 2.26 million people want a job but are not classified as unemployed.
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