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‘Threatening benefit cuts or accusing disabled people of “not doing their duty” achieves nothing,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Christina McAnea urges chancellor to make ‘real and positive change’ for disabled workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘Threatening benefit cuts or accusing disabled people of “not doing their duty” achieves nothing,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Christina McAnea urges chancellor to make ‘real and positive change’ for disabled workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Calling it an ‘abject failure for workers’, a ‘missed golden opportunity to tackle the issues threatening jobs and livelihoods,’ and ‘leaving consumers at the sharp end of the economy’, you could tell that Unite was left far from impressed by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, delivered this afternoon (November 22).
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Jeremy Hunt’s desperate autumn statement, claiming to fix the economic problems that his party caused, won’t pull the wool over voters’ eyes
The article Blog: Another cycle of the Tories’ economic doom-loop first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Jeremy Hunt’s desperate autumn statement, claiming to fix the economic problems that his party caused, won’t pull the wool over voters’ eyes
The article Blog: Another cycle of the Tories’ economic doom-loop first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Yet again public services didn’t get a look in, aside from being told to deliver more for less.
The article Autumn statement is a cynical ploy that won’t fool the public first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Yet again public services didn’t get a look in, aside from being told to deliver more for less.
The article Autumn statement is a cynical ploy that won’t fool the public first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham spoke out after last week’s Autumn Statement, in which chancellor Jeremy Hunt sent out a clear message that he was not on the side of working people or their communities. In the video below, Sharon explains: Sharon also commented: The Chancellor has made choices which put him on the side […]
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Essential workers need to hear about pay as inflation outstrips funding
The article Nothing in statement to halt pay crisis across public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a new austerity budget, hitting ordinary working people with stealth taxes and public service freezes, while protecting the profits of big corporations and the wealth of the one per cent. The chancellor is making clear choices. He is pursuing an arbitrary “fiscal hole” – not an economic law, but a […]
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Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 17) Autumn Statement, the leader of Unite has warned that a failure by the Chancellor to fund the NHS properly will leave the UK’s proudest achievement “on its knees”. With inflation at a 41 year high, the rising costs of living measured by the RPI this week is 7 times higher […]
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Chancellor Philip Hammond will fail to end austerity as he pledged in October unless he ploughs an extra £5bn into Whitehall spending by 2023-24, a new report reveals. An analysis from the…Read more…
“Departments will continue to deliver overall spending plans set at the Spending Review 2015” That was how the Chancellor used the Autumn Statement to respond to the crisis in our NHS and social care services. The NHS, deep in funding crisis, wasn’t mentioned once –…Read more…
What is needed is a rescue package for public services – and through the Autumn Statement Philip Hammond can begin to show his commitment to public services with a first down payment on that.
The…Read more…
The Prime Minister says she wants ‘an economy that works for everyone’. The Autumn Statement – or mini budget – on the 23rd of November, will be the first test of her commitment, and that of the Chancellor, to put that into practice. Here’s the actions we believe would show she’s serious about that…Read more…
‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
The article Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
George Osborne boasts his economic miracle has left us basking in economic sunshine which will only get warmer. But in the real world, the economic storms are building. Last week George…Read more…
25 Nov 2015
UNISON Scotland e-briefing on Autum Attement online now…
http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/briefings/e-briefing_UKAutumnStatement_Nov2015.pdf
"The UK highlights include the abandonment of the savage Tax Credit cuts, following the government’s defeat
in the House of Lords. Higher tax receipts and lower borrowing costs helped meet this cost. However, from
2018 claimants will switchRead more…
Wed 25 Nov 2015
Nearly three million working families countrywide have breathed a collective sigh of relief, says UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis.Commenting on the announcement today (Wednesday) that the Chancellor is to reverse his planned cuts to tax credits, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:“Nearly three million working families countrywide have breathed a collective sigh ofRead more…
The commitments on housing in the Chancellor’s autumn statement have now been “marked” by the TUC. The government is vulnerable on a number of aspects of their record in this key area and this was their chance to put it right. In practice, they probably scored 5 out of 10 at best….Read more…