Commenting on the publication today (Thursday) of a European Commission report on the future taxation of the financial sector, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the joint declaration by the devolved Administrations today (Thursday), which urges the Government to scale back spending cuts, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the Hutton Review of Public Service Pensions published today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“Public servants will be angered by the review's call for them to pay more for less generous pensions. Public sector workers are already facing job cuts, a pay freeze and increased workloads as they are expected to do more with less. They have already had the value of their pensions cut by the switch to CPI indexing, which will slice a little off their pension every year.
Commenting on the Prime Minister's speech to the Conservative Party conference today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Previewing Lord Hutton's review of public service pensions, due to be released at 8am tomorrow (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Previewing Lord Hutton's review of public service pensions, due to be released at 8am tomorrow (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Trade unionists are warning thousands of jobs in the South West are at risk from plans to cut the Ministry of Defence's £37 billion budget by up to a fifth...
The Northern TUC Asbestos Support Group will be officially ‘opened' on Friday 8th October by Nick Brown MP for Newcastle East and and Mary Glindon MP for North Tyneside at their base of the Wallsend People's Centre, North Tyneside.
Commenting on George Osborne's speech today (Monday) to the Conservative Party conference, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on plans announced today (Monday) by the Government to cut child benefit for higher rate taxpayers, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: