Sentences with phrase «on public unease»

They are in fact separate issues, but the teachers» union has effectively played on public unease with one to drive home its own opposition to the other.

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In the days after the Budget, unease grew as Harriet Harman, the party's acting leader, and Chris Leslie, the shadow chancellor, signalled that Labour would not oppose Conservative policies such as the 1 per cent cap on public - sector pay rises for four years and the reduced benefit cap of # 20,000 (# 23,000 in London).

Thankfully, Britain has come a long way since 1968, but unease remains, and it could well build up again if the economy fails to grow as pressures increase on public services.

But labor contracts for the vast majority of the state's 190,000 employees expire on March 31, giving Mr. Cuomo an opening to seek changes at a time of public unease toward government workers» benefits.