public sector
Coalition pushing public sector workers and their families too far
Union members are committed public sector workers who care for the sick, the vulnerable and help educate our children. They do not take action lightly, but this government is pushing them and their families too far.
The UK’s “maxed out credit card” myth
Mark Anderson analyses the current financial situation and explains why devastating, savage Tory cuts are the last thing we need.
The private sector is the real source of unfair pay
Will Hutton’s interim report on fair pay in the public sector, published yesterday, is packed with statistics illustrating what has happened to public sector pay over recent years. Importantly, it places these trends squarely in the context of earnings in the private sector.
Tees Valley disproves Coalition economics
Yesterday, Experian reported on the impact of that on the north east where 43 per cent of jobs are in the public sector. In Tees Valley, three council areas - Middlesbrough, Redcar and Hartlepool - all have very low resilience because they only have industries vulnerable to damage and closure, skill levels too low for easy transfer to other occupations, ageing populations and a weak enterprise culture.
Wielding the axe on pensions will cost country dear
As the CBI makes another attempt to undermine public sector pensions hot on the heels on the 3 Chancellors, will anyone benefit from all these proposed cuts?