«These worrying figures show that the private sector is not yet creating enough jobs to make up for the posts that are being
cut in the public sector.»
At the current rates of inflation, he's committing to a four per cent real
cut in public sector salaries each year for another two years.
Public sector pay was frozen throughout the last parliament, leading to real - terms
cuts in public sector pay.
A very good source tells ConHome that the unions have as much as # 25m to spend on campaigns to oppose
cuts in the public sector workforce and in public sector pay.
The budget also disguises massive
cuts in the public sector the Liberals will make to balance the books, said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
Not exact matches
The party plans to find $ 1.3 billion
in government spending
cuts (just like the Liberals, but
in a shorter time frame), which would be achieved partially through a hiring freeze
in the
public sector.
The Liberal leader, who owes her thumping electoral victory
in large part to fear of
public -
sector job
cuts promised by the opposition Progressive Conservatives, has promised to govern from the «activist centre.»
Crucially it would also mean an estimated $ 4.2 billion
in federal funding
cuts to the states, where
public -
sector employment is just now recovering.
In her recent post, Frances drew attention to the province's public finances via the public sector wage bill and the public - private sector wage differential and that cutting the public sector wage bill may certainly be an option pursued in the futur
In her recent post, Frances drew attention to the province's
public finances via the
public sector wage bill and the
public - private
sector wage differential and that
cutting the
public sector wage bill may certainly be an option pursued
in the futur
in the future.
Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net
public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent
in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter;
public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been
cut.
This monetarist philosophy has curtailed
public enterprise throughout the world since 1980,
in favor of privatization programs to sell off
public enterprises and use the proceeds to
cut taxes, mainly for the wealthier classes and the real estate and financial
sectors.
Portugal has addressed its
public debt problem — the deficit was 9.3 % of GDP
in 2009 — with a 5 % pay
cut for
public sector workers earning more than $ 1,500 a month and an increase
in VAT.
Cutting government services — either temporarily
in a shutdown, or permanently through spending reductions — can disrupt a broad range of commerce and hit American workers and businesses tied to the
public sector.
Eroding pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited ability to absorb income
cuts is quite
in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on
public sector workers and improve the profitability of their corporate friends
in the private
sector.
Confectionery and snack companies are among industry
sectors being targeted by
Public Health England's (PHE) latest drive to
cut concerning levels of childhood obesity
in the UK.
What does stare us
in the face and if you can not come clean then sadly this is just another new Labour rag blog, is that
public cuts are coming with Labour or the Tories, the
public sector will be hit hard.
«The shadow chancellor has wrapped up
public sector cuts,
public sector pay freezes, a rise
in retirement age and reduced pension rights
in warm words that will ring hollow with Britain's army of
public sector workers.»
At a time when the Government are
cutting back on
public services and relying on the private
sector to meet the challenges of providing services to the Community
in many of those areas where the
public sector cut backs have reduced services, the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) believes, the news that G4S have failed to meet their target for security personnel at the Olympic Games must leave us all concerned about the future.
The largest three - month fall
in unemployment since 2000 will help distract ministers from looming strikes over
public sector job
cuts.
Ninety four per cent of
public spending
cuts are yet to hit the UK, and the
public sector is due to come under more pressure
in the next few years.
He's talking about the need to
cut debt and increase housing but refusing to acknowledge the huge benefits
public assets bring, and never mentioning the role the private
sector could play
in responding to these issues.
Public sector bodies and local councils
in Britain are determining out how best to respond and adapt to the next wave of change driven by the
cuts imposed by the Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition government.
«Everyone
in policing understands the difficult financial position the country faces, and we accept that all parts of the
public sector must shoulder the burden of the
cuts in funding.
The
public sector in the United Kingdom is undergoing the largest budgetary
cuts since the Second World War, while all over Europe governments are imposing harsh austerity measures which may radically curtail the activities of the state.
Moreover, the whole article is founded on the premise that
public sector cuts are avoidable, and that only the Tories will make them because they are «wolves
in sheeps clothing».
«
Public sector spending
cuts are now beginning to bite and with the exception of a steady recovery
in the private housing market, where starts are forecast to increase by 5 % this year and 11 % next, the private
sector is pretty subdued.
His tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift
in his party's policies, and by opposition to the Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government's
cuts to the
public sector.
And,
in the meantime, poorer people will be protected against
public sector pay conditions; their children will get a pupil premium; and they will gain disproportionately from tax
cuts - as well as, of course, from the welfare state.
To the extent that conservatives succeed
in reducing fiscal woes to a case of runaway spending, politicians find it easier to address budget shortfalls with
public sector furlough days, wage freezes, layoffs and benefit
cuts than with progressive tax increases that, many economists conclude, would cause the least harm to the recovery.
ALBANY, NY (01/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the signing of an Executive Order to create a team of private and
public sector individuals charged with finding ways to
cut the unfunded and underfunded mandates that help make New York one of the most taxed states
in the nation.
Drastic
cuts in public spending have not opened space into which private
sector investment and jobs were supposed to grow.
On the other hand, however, PM Samaras and his negotiators did present creditors substantiated counterarguments
in response to nonsensical austerity measures that would only deepen the recession (cross-cutting
public sector job and pension
cuts).
They have forced
cuts to
public sector pay, reduced or frozen minimum wages, and restricted collective pay agreements
in the name of greater market competition.
In the past few months, the leaders of all the
public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
cuts.
Only 46 per cent of this group agree that the proposed
cuts are «necessary and unavoidable» — well below the average for all voters (63 per cent) and lower even than among
public sector workers
in the seat (59 per cent).
Public sector workers
in Britain have gone on strike today
in a row over pay, pensions, conditions, jobs and spending
cuts.
Over a million
public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government
in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending
cuts, according to union figures.
The new coalition government
in Britain has begun a process of attacking working class living standards through
public spending
cuts, slashing
public services and reducing
public sector pay, jobs and pensions.
Both the decline
in unemployment and the
cuts to the
public sector may have helped the Tories, who did better
in seats with lower unemployment and fewer
public sector workers.
Commenting on these latest figures, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back
in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of
public sector cuts.
«Over the last few years we have seen countless
public sector IT contracts fail, such as the delivery of tax credits, and the level of services provided by departments reduced
in the face of massive job
cuts,» said general secretary Mark Serwotka.
Nick Clegg acknowledged Northern Ireland's reliance on
public sector jobs makes it especially vulnerable to spending
cuts in a speech
in the province last night.
«It has to be seen
in the context of the decision to limit
public sector workers» pay increases to one per cent and the fact that some private
sector workers have had their pay
cut.»
The 50p rate was a last - ditch stunt by the outgoing Labour government, designed to place the incoming administration
in a quandary: why should the rich get a tax
cut when
public sector pay was being squeezed?
They will also work with
public -
sector bodies to
cut working hours or even pay
in an attempt to reduce job reductions.
It takes a braver person still to do it with a microphone
in one hand and a set list full of segments on the merits of privatisation
in the NHS and arguments
in favour of
public sector cuts.
Cutting bureaucracy has been a key theme of the coalition government so far, though a report by PwC earlier this week suggested those
public sector job losses could have disastrous knock - on effects
in the private
sector - which the coalition hopes will lead the recovery.
The Budget
cuts will cause a huge hike
in unemployment next year as the
public sector loses at least 600,000 jobs.
This has been a welcome bounce back from the poor conditions experienced during the winter months, but there remains a great deal of concern regarding the year ahead given that we have not yet seen the full impact of the
public sector cuts and the Association forecasts that construction output will fall
in 2011 and 2012.
The greatest falls were seen
in public non-housing such as education and health and with the
public sector spending
cuts already taking effect this will only exacerbate the situation.