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• Union leaders call on PM to rule out ‘crippling cuts’ to public services

  29-09-2022 16:06
  Union leaders have today called on the prime minister and chancellor  to provide a “cast-iron assurance” that they will not make further spending cuts to public services.
  In a joint, open letter to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, the TUC and 18 trade unions – representing millions of public sector workers – are seeking an urgent meeting, amid fears of another crippling round of austerity this November.
  Commenting on the move, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady
  
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• Government must stop the chaos and abandon its disastrous financial experiment, says UNISON

  29-09-2022 14:03
  Commenting on the Prime Minister’s defence of the mini-budget and the news that public services may face ‘efficiency savings’, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government needs to take its head out of the sand. Ministers must listen to the world’s economic experts urging them to junk this disastrous financial experiment.
  “​Borrowing to fund huge tax cuts for the super wealthy has taken the UK economy to the brink and &#
  
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