The March for the Alternative on Saturday (26 March) will be the TUC's biggest event for decades, bringing together thousands of trade unionists, community group members and users of public services to oppose the government's spending cuts.
Commenting on the budget analysis published today (Thursday) by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the budget today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“It is deeply depressing that the only mention of equality in today's budget was related to scrapping the dual discrimination regulations.
Commenting on the announcement by the Chancellor in the budget today (Wednesday) that the Government has earmarked £250 million from the bank levy to help around 10,000 first-time buyers, with incomes of up to £60,000, buy a new-build property, TUC Housing Policy Officer Paul Sellers said:
“The number of first-time buyers fell by 13 per cent in the past year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Responding to the budget today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Black and Asian people are today (Wednesday) being encouraged to join the TUC's March for the Alternative in London this Saturday (26 March), as new research shows that their employment prospects have already been hit hard by the recession, with many more jobs now at risk.
On the eve of the budget tomorrow (Wednesday) and four days before the TUC's March for the Alternative (Saturday 26 March) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has attacked the myths used by the government to justify its deep, rapid and unfair cuts and set out the case for an alternative based on jobs, investment and growth.
Ahead of George Osborne's Budget tomorrow (Wednesday March 23rd), the Northern TUC are calling for three main measures to help alleviate the growing unemployment crisis and economic contraction, both regionally and nationally:
Speaking at a press briefing jointly held by the TUC, Metropolitan Police and Liberty TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show that RPI inflation increased to 5.5 per cent in February, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: