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• Nothing in statement to halt pay crisis across public services

  17-11-2022 16:03
  Commenting on the autumn statement today (Thursday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The previous Conservative government trashed the economy. But the chancellor behaves likes it’s nothing to do with him. Millions will be feeling the financial pain for years to come.
  “Super-high inflation means callous cutbacks are on the cards for essential services. Everyone’s paying the price for getting the Conservatives out of the mess they alone created.
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• Blog: Austerity only points to failure

  17-11-2022 11:04
  Fiscal competence, sound money and economic stability. These buzz words are sensible aims for a government, but don’t describe the achievements of the one that’s been in power for 12 years in Westminster.
  I’m not only talking about the disaster gamble that happened just eight weeks ago. Of course, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng pushed our economy over a cliff edge, but Conservative MPs are the ones who’d been dragging it there since 2010.
  Their long ‘experi
  
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