NEC members praised his conference speech and drew attention to Tory attacks on employment rights including access to tribunals, the paradox under which British railways can be run by states as long as they are foreign states, the need for good jobs not just any jobs,
further cuts in public service pay, the threat of a new European / United States trade agreement, excessive warmth towards free schools, and expansion of food banks and payday loans into mainstream society.
Not exact matches
The government, it said, remained on course for a # 10 billion surplus
in 2019 - 20, but only by delaying capital investment, promising
further cuts in spending on
public services, and bringing forward a one - off boost to corporation tax receipts into 2019 - 20.
Still, it's hoped, stripping more power from central government will enable improvements
in public services which
far outstrip the downsides of
cutting departmental spending.
Further, her call for a state takeover of
far more of the cost of
public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of
cuts in staff and
services to schools and local governments, experts said.
The union says the commission's chair Trevor Phillips and its 13 other commissioners are going
further than the Tory - led government's imposed
cuts, proposing a new structure
in advance of ministers publishing their plans for the EHRC, and appear to want to strip the agency of almost all of its
public service functions.
Voters who have not benefitted from the economic recovery so
far are unlikely to be tempted to the Tories by the promise of Disneyland tax
cuts in a mystical future and very real
cuts to
public services taking place immediately.
Senior elected representatives of the
Public and Commercial Services union, by far the largest union in the civil service, today (11) confirmed a rejection of the government's planned cuts to public sector pen
Public and Commercial
Services union, by
far the largest union
in the civil
service, today (11) confirmed a rejection of the government's planned
cuts to
public sector pen
public sector pensions.
This has included huge
cuts in the fixed fees payable to those defence barristers who carry out publicly - funded work
in the Crown Court under the Advocates» Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS);
cuts that, proportionately, have
far exceeded those imposed on
public service providers
in any other sector.
As a TREB member, I
further suggest that all the staff of TREB / OREA / CREA have their remuneration packages changed from employee (a la Fed / Prov
public service) to independent - contractor tax - status (just like us) and their contract gross compensation (yes, + HST AND forget the juicy benefits / vacations etc - pay for them yourself too — just like us)
cut by 1/3 -1 / 2... BUT with a possible bonus (to get their gross $ $ possibly back up to where they were before) based on the number of sales arranged across Canada - this bonus would be pro-rated to the # sales
in the recent peak ie if sales dwindle.....