Sentences with phrase «over public sector cuts»

The fluffy community campaigners can not hide from the fact they form a government presiding over public sector cuts three times the scale of Thatcher's.

Not exact matches

The largest three - month fall in unemployment since 2000 will help distract ministers from looming strikes over public sector job cuts.

As part of the ongoing talks over wider cuts to public sector pensions, ministers have since ruled out any negotiations on the issue.

Even if the recovery had been progressing as well as ministers might have hoped, we would still have seen the clashes over public sector pensions, tuition fees and cuts to public services - police, schools, the NHS - currently driving the government's popularity downwards.

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.

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 jobpublic 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 jobPublic and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job cuts.

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 figuOver 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 figuover pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

Public sector workers are striking today over a row on pay, conditions, pensions and spending cuts.

Debate continued this week over methods of cutting the public sector debt.

«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.

Labour could not even retain support among public sector workers, following much talk of cuts over the conference season.

His claim that unemployment will fall rather than rise in the course of this Parliament is based on the OBR assessment, rapidly rushed out to give ammunition to contest the anticipated Harman attack (incidentally providing the first suspicions about the OBR's objectivity), that whilst 600,000 public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 - 6 and a similar figure (though unspecified) in the private sector as a result of the public spending cuts, some 2.5 m jobs will be created over the same period in the private sector.

Instead of competing with the Tories over cuts, Labour should be demanding a major public sector investment programme of job creation in infrastructure, housing, and service provision funded, not by any increas in public borrowing, but by taxing the 0.1 % super-rich on their # 190bn gains since the crash 4 years ago.

That realisation lent an apocalyptic tinge to events this week, as union members met in London to plan a «mass movement» against cuts — a movement which would kick off with a nationwide strike over public sector pensions.

They have asked: if they are prepared to threaten strike action that could see six airports closed over a one per cent pay increase, what will they do when the cuts to the public sector as ushered in later this year?

After Jeremy Corbyn had finished interrogating the prime minister over disability cuts and public sector pay, the wildcard Conservative backbencher Michael Fabricant popped up to ask a question.

Speaking after today's (27) meeting with ministers over the government's plans to cut public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotkapublic sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark SerwotkaPublic and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&rPublic and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&rpublic sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

They predicted that even though the private sector will create 1.5 million jobs over the next five years it will not be sufficient to negate public sector job cuts, bring down unemployment or mop up new entrants to the labour market.

Public sector staff in eight more prisons have learned they face privatisation just two weeks after job cuts were announced by the company set to take over Birmingham prison, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes involving pay, pensions and cuts.

Over the next decade the price of the financial / economic mess we are in will be paid in public sector cuts — better to cut the non-productive audit and bureaucratic command and control regimes (and I include the quangos, central government departments and the consequent costs in local government) than front line services.

MORI's poll asked if people supported strike action by «people in a numbre of public sector jobs» over job cuts, pay levels and pension reductions — they found 48 % in support, 48 % against (Ipsos MORI, 19th June.)

Nearly 500,000 public sector jobs will be slashed over the next four years as the government tries to clear its deficit with its biggest round of spending cuts since World War II.

At a fringe meeting organised by the GMB union, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said the unions should not be threatening strike action over cuts to public sector pensions.

Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to cut public sector pensions.

More than a million public sector workers are expected to strike in a series of disputes with the government over pay, pensions and job cuts.

Public sector DB plans: Taxes may rise, spending cuts enacted, forced contributions to retiree plans negotiated, plans terminated for a 457 plan, partial plan termination, job cuts, funny accounting practices (worse than the private sphere), brinksmanship over debts, etc..