‘Heavy hint’ from Treasury: tax rises will come
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Tens of thousands of workers march through London to call for an end to austerity and pay rises for public sector workers.
More than a million public sector workers strike – but last time, in 2011, the action was more a war of words over the turn-out than one of attrition. It wasn’t like that back in the day…
The Trades Union Congress votes for a campaign of “co-ordinated industrial action” at its annual meeting, in protest at the government’s public sector pay cap.
The public sector has been a huge employer in Middlesbrough but now those jobs are disappearing. Has the private sector come forward as the government promised?
Chancellor George Osborne tells MPs Britain will have to endure another £11.5bn of cuts, with further pain for public sector workers. But infrastructure spending will receive a boost.
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Britain will not be able to afford to honour its commitment to pay the full pensions of public sector workers, according to a report.
Tens of thousands of public sector workers and campaigners march in protest against the government’s spending cuts.
Exclusive: Ed Miliband tells Channel 4 News there will be difficult times ahead for public sector workers under a Labour government and he cannot guarantee there will not be cuts to the NHS.
Graham Morgan, South Wales Chamber of Commerce director tells Channel 4 News that exports are the answer – but it will take a lot to offset public sector cuts in the region.
George Osborne will announce plans to scrap national salaries for public sector workers and pay them according to their region instead – effectively meaning a pay cut of potentially for many of them.
“Police pensions only cost the state about 25 per cent more than those of other public sector workers.”
FactCheck Q&A on the new deal for public sector pensions – is it any good; who are the winners and losers?
Some of the country’s largest unions are considering an offer from ministers on public sector pensions – but civil service union the PCS says “nothing has changed” since the November strikes.
Nick Clegg is pledging to balance austerity in the public sector with a crackdown on top corporate pay so state employees do not feel like they are doing “all the heavy lifting”.