Category: Liz Truss

Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills

Responding to the announcement that the cap on bankers’ bonuses is to be removed in a shake-up of financial rules, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:

“Anyone who thinks that making bankers even richer will achieve anything positive for the country is utterly deluded.

“It’s beyond belief that the disastrous policies of Liz Truss are being reheated. She trashed the economy and everyone else is still paying the price.

“This won’t win public sympathy for a government in desperate need of it. Ministers should be helping the millions struggling with rising bills, growing the economy and investing in crumbling public services. Not allowing their wealthy pals to feather their nests further.”

Notes to editors
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union, with more than 1.3 million members providing public services – in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.

Media contacts: 
Anthony Barnes M: 07834 864794 E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk.
Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 E: press@unison.co.uk

The article Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills first appeared on the UNISON National site.

Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills

Responding to the announcement that the cap on bankers’ bonuses is to be removed in a shake-up of financial rules, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:

“Anyone who thinks that making bankers even richer will achieve anything positive for the country is utterly deluded.

“It’s beyond belief that the disastrous policies of Liz Truss are being reheated. She trashed the economy and everyone else is still paying the price.

“This won’t win public sympathy for a government in desperate need of it. Ministers should be helping the millions struggling with rising bills, growing the economy and investing in crumbling public services. Not allowing their wealthy pals to feather their nests further.”

Notes to editors
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union, with more than 1.3 million members providing public services – in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.

Media contacts: 
Anthony Barnes M: 07834 864794 E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk.
Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 E: press@unison.co.uk

The article Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills first appeared on the UNISON National site.

There must now be an election, says UNISON

Commenting on the resignation of the prime minister Liz Truss, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This farce cannot go on. The Conservatives have shown themselves unfit to govern.

“The crisis affecting the country is so deep that the only solution is to have an election. There should be one immediately so voters can choose a government to get the country back on its feet.”

Notes to editors:
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.

Media contacts:
Anthony Barnes M: 07834 864794 E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk
Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 E: press@unison.co.uk

The article There must now be an election, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.