Spending cuts will make Britain more unequal
Text of press conference speech from Brendan Barber at TUC Congress 2010.
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Spending cuts will hit the poorest 13 times harder than the richest
The UK's poorest 10 per cent will be hit 13 times harder by spending cuts than the richest ten per cent according to new research, drawn from the most comprehensive analysis of the effects of UK public spending ever undertaken, and published on the eve of the TUC Congress in Manchester today (Sunday).
Policy Exchange report is “a crude attack on basic workplace rights”
Commenting on Modernising Industrial Relations published by the Policy Exchange today (Saturday), TUC Head of Equalities and Employment Rights Sarah Veale said:
“It may be dressed up in academic think-tank language, but this is no more than a crude attack on basic workplace rights and a charter for bad bosses everywhere.
TUC General Council statement on the economy, public spending and public services
The TUC General Council's statement on the economy, public spending and public services is published today (Saturday) ahead of the 142nd Congress in Manchester which begins on Monday (13 September).
Cuts mean unemployment is here to stay
It is likely to take 14 years for the private sector to create enough jobs to return employment levels to those before the recession struck, according to a new TUC analysis published today (Friday).
Top bosses enjoy pension pots worth £3.8 million
Directors of the UK's top companies have amassed pensions pots worth an average of £3.8 million, according to the new TUC PensionsWatch survey published today (Thursday).
Cutting science budget is “exactly the wrong thing to do”, says TUC
Commenting on Business Secretary Vince Cable's announcement today (Wednesday) that the Government is to cut back on the £6 billion a year spent on scientific research, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“Cutting the science budget is exactly the wrong thing to do at a time when we are trying to rebalance the economy away from an over-reliance on finance and make the transition to a low-carbon society.
Cuts will hit the £4,000 per head that the government spends in private sector
A new TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Tuesday) shows that government spends half as much again on buying goods and services from the private sector as it does on its own pay bill.
TUC Congress to launch campaign against the cuts
Speaking at a press briefing in advance of the TUC Congress, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Health and safety as relevant as ever as 20,000 people killed by work every year
A new TUC report published today (Tuesday) reveals that more than 20,000 people in the UK are killed prematurely by their work every year. The Case for Health and Safety smashes the myth that Britain is one of the safest places to work and demonstrates that health and safety at work is as relevant today as it has ever been.