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Local Government Matters
This is the UNISON (East Midlands) blog for the region's "Local Government Matters" campaign to protect local government services and jobs.
Updated: 55 min 59 sec ago Public spending cuts hit the private sector tooAside from the ill informed nonsense about public sector pay and pensions, the right wing media have set up a false opposition between public sector workers and those in the private sector in an...
End of this blog, but a new one startsBack in July 2009 we set up this blog the major area of the public services that was being hit by spending cuts was local government - hence this "Local Government Matters" blog.
Times have...
The public cost of cutsA letter from John Sharman, branch sec at Lincs County branch to his local paper.
I read with dismay the article in today's Echo about announced reductions to Council budgets ("Authorities are...
What the local government cuts mean for your councilSee the attached link for a list of what the totally unnecessary local government cuts to this year's budget will mean for your council.
Spending Cuts – what does it mean for local government?Yesterday the government announced £6.2bn of spending cuts to be made in this financial year with £1.165bn coming from local government.
Some of the cuts will be in the Department of Communities...
A Dismal Queen’s Speech says Dave PrentisUNISON, the UK's leading public sector trade union, warned that Lib Dem/Tory plans outlined in the Queen's Speech today, will undermine vital public services, by opening them up to greater private...
Government Cuts – One thing they got rightRegular readers of this blog will know we've been campaigning hard to cut wasteful expenditure on agency workers and consultants. There is one area where the Government has listened to UNISON – they...
Cuts announcement signals worse to come - everyone will sufferCommenting on George Osborne's speech today, which set out plans for £6 billion worth of public sector cuts, Dave Prentis, UNISON's General Secretary, said:
"This is the first cut of the axe, but...
There is an alternative to spending cutsRavi Subramanian, UNISON Regional Head of Local Government, had a column published in today's Nottingham Post outlining an alternative to the proposed £6bn of spending cuts. See below for the text of...
The war on Quangos starts by creating a new one!The government have said that they would have a cull of Quangos as part of their deficit reduction scheme. They have got off to a bad start as George Osbourne's first announcement is to create a new...
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