Spending denial that comes with wriggle room
Gary Gibbon reads between the lines of the Treasury Chief Secretary’s carefully worded denial on increased spending claims.
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The big theme of the autumn statement is a £30bn infrastucture programme. But a top economist tells Channel 4 News he expects this to be “aspirational”, not “signed, sealed and delivered”.
The government warns unions that an improved offer on public sector pensions offer could be taken back, if Wednesday’s mass strikes proceed.
As unions deny claims that next week’s public sector pensions strike will cost £500m, Labour leader Ed Miliband blames Prime Minister David Cameron for industrial action that “needs to be avoided”.
A major strike will still go ahead on 30 November, unions warn, despite the government’s attempt to head off industrial action with a revised offer on public sector pensions.
Union leaders are meeting government ministers for talks to avoid the biggest public sector strike in decades.
The union representing thousands of headteachers and their deputies is to hold its first ballot on whether to strike in November over a dispute over reductions to their pensions.
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Gary Gibbon reads between the lines of the Treasury Chief Secretary’s carefully worded denial on increased spending claims.
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The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, says regulators should get tough new powers to bar irresponsible bankers from the profession to avoid another crisis.
It might be the weather, troubles abroad – or just the legacy of the past. But there often seems to be a reason why the Government’s plans for the economy never go quite to plan.
A strike by up to 750,000 public sector workers is set to go ahead after talks failed to end a bitter dispute over plans to reform pensions.