Ahead of this afternoon’s Budget statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, in no uncertain terms, that workers must not be made to pay the price for the…Read more…
Unite members to fight against ‘this needless hardship’
Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey…Read more…
Sunak Budget ‘falls short’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget today (March 3) fell short of what was needed to rebuild the economy and protect people’s jobs, health and incomes, Unite warned.
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Budget: has govt learnt anything from pandemic?
This government’s mismanagement of the crisis has led to the UK suffering the biggest economic hit in Europe, not to mention a tragically high loss of life. Much-trailed in the media, we’ll soon find…Read more…
Budget ‘must unite the whole country’
Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday (March 3), Unite is reiterating its calls to chancellor Rishi Sunak to take urgent and decisive action to protect health, jobs and incomes. The Budget will be the…Read more…
‘Now I can open the curtains’
Sometimes it take a full-blown crisis to reveal just how badly our institutions are failing those who need them most. First introduced in 2013, Universal Credit, the Tory government’s flagship…Read more…
‘Do the decent thing’
When chancellor Rishi Sunak listened to trade unions and announced in April, at the height of the pandemic, that he would increase Universal Credit payments by £20 a week, millions of families – many…Read more…
Government’s ‘levelling up agenda in tatters’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak yet again failed to offer the level of ambition necessary to rebuild a shattered economy, while also targeting the lowest paid to bear the brunt of the crisis despite their…Read more…
Give Newham the dosh you promised us Chancellor!
Later today the Chancellor will announce the details of the Comprehensive Spending Review, which sets out the government’s departmental spending plans for the next financial year. Let us not forget the financial impact COVID-19 has had on local governm…Read more…
Chancellor has ‘the power and the responsibility to renew our country’
Unite has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to reject a return to austerity ahead of his comprehensive spending review on Wednesday (November 25) amid reports that the latest announcements will hit the…Read more…
Unite GS to chancellor: ‘In this time like no other we need action like no other’
Ahead of the comprehensive spending review (CSR) on Wednesday (November 25), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on him to use the power of his office…Read more…
Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite said today…Read more…
Halt Rolls-Royce job losses call
Rolls-Royce was urged this evening (November 5) to make full use of the chancellor’s extension of the furlough scheme until the end of March to safeguard jobs at what is one of the jewels of British…Read more…
‘People need more than short-term sticking plasters’
Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s latest announcement (today, Thursday November 5) of additional financial support for business and workers in lockdown, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey…Read more…
‘Always running to keep up’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak was accused of ‘yet another last-minute move’ after he announced a new package of financial support in his latest economic statement today (October 22), just over one week…Read more…
‘Thin gruel for fearful workers’
“I’m afraid to say that when the country hungers for a hearty diet of jobs saving and creation, the chancellor has offered little more than thin gruel for fearful workers.
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Winter on the dole?
Thirty years ago, Norman Lamont was telling us high unemployment was a ‘price worth paying’ for his head-banger economics.
Now we have Rishi Sunak. A better communicator yes, but who in a few short…Read more…
‘Full on struggle to save jobs’
The battle to save jobs is the most important social and economic issue emerging from the pandemic and we’re in a full-on struggle to save jobs across the economy. That is why Unite has welcomed…Read more…
Mass unemployment still looms
The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment crisis.
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More than 1m jobs ‘consigned to the scrapheap’
More than 1m people will completely fall through the cracks of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s post-furlough scheme which was announced last week, a new analysis has shown. In his announcement to the…Read more…