Sentences with phrase «last public sector job»

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The sinking stone dragging down public sector employment was the federal government, which lost 14,000 jobs last month, for a total of 45,000 positions gone since February.

«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.

There is «apparently no credible plan» as to how to replace the 490,000 public - sector jobs set to be lost, he said at Monday's CBI conference, in his first speech to business leaders since he was elected as party leader last month.

«Labour's last so - called «guaranteed jobs policy» squandered millions, placing young people in short term public sector jobs.

But last year the increase in private sector jobs was almost five times the fall in public sector work.»

In a speech on Monday to the Times CEO summit, he asked «whether it is sustainable for the public sector to consume almost half of our national income, whether it is sustainable to have the current regional imbalances in our economy — so that over the last 10 years for every one job the private sector created in the north or Midlands, 10 jobs were created in the south - east and London».

Birmingham City Council is shedding 2,000 jobs this year and with the purge on public sector spending and the impact on supporting businesses, redundant senior managers or those at risk, have got something to cheer about at last.

The nation's public - and private - sector employers added 160,000 net new jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday.