«Labour's next leader needs to
support public sector cuts and embrace the Big Society agenda if they are to be heard by the public.
Not exact matches
Labour could not even retain
support among
public sector workers, following much talk of
cuts over the conference season.
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&r
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&r
public sector workers taking action over
cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».
«There is widespread disappointment with the Liberal Democrats from people who voted for them in the last election about the way they
support the huge
cuts the Tories are proposing in the
public sector,» she argues.
Public sector austerity and government spending
cuts have hit women harder than men and increased relative disadvantage in ways that reduce incomes and childcare
support, and may
cut back women's employment and opportunities more broadly.
Although Miliband told Andrew Marr that «if Labour was in power now, we wouldn't be making those changes, we wouldn't be
cutting as far and as fast as the government», he said it was right to
support the Government's pay freeze for
public sector workers:
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.)
«Their promise to lift their own cap on
public sector pay is meaningless without new, ring - fenced funding to ensure that teachers, as well as
support staff, can finally get a real pay rise after years of
cuts.»