By rewarding the wealthy at the expense of the poorest our society, this budget exacerbates inequality and does nothing to tackle the cost of living crisis - Jon Trickett MP.
Tag: Budget
The budget was an exercise in enriching the wealthy from the wallets of the poorest in our society – Beth Winter MP
Beth Winter MP tackles Jeremy Hunt's first full budget, showing just how out out of touch this Government is.
PCS research shows inflation-matching pay rise is affordable
“Our members won’t be taken for fools and this research emphatically proves that the government’s insistence that inflation-matching pay rises are unaffordable is ludicrous" - Mark Serwotka, PCS Union General Secretary.
Investment not cuts, the #peoplesbudget we need – Donna Guthrie, BARAC UK
"Over 10 years of Austerity, with cuts to jobs, welfare and public services... that has impacted the most on Black communities, women, the elderly, disabled and young people"
A budget that entrenches poverty instead of tackling it – Rebecca Long Bailey MP
"On a day when so many of Britain’s key workers were forced to strike over poverty pay, they were offered nothing" - Rebecca Long Bailey analyses the failures of Hunt's budget.
Yet another austerity budget – interview with economist Mick Burke on #Budget2023
Hunt’s optimistic and upbeat tone throughout his Budget Day speech was “massively misplaced,” as “the overall picture of the British economy is one of stagnation.”
Budget 2023… was that it? – The Trades Union Congress
‘Was that it?‘ - a Budget with no ambition, more of the same at best, and basically ignoring the most pressing problems facing the UK.
Why we should be inspired by the massive wave of strike action on budget day – Logan Williams, NEU
While the Chancellor delivered a budget that failed to address the crisis, over 700,000 trade unionists took action in an inspiring show of force from our movement.
Tax breaks for the rich, falling living standards for the rest of us – Andrew Fisher
"On a day when 700,000 workers were on strike because of the driving down of their wages, the Tory Chancellor found billions of pounds for corporations."
Thousands in show of strength at rallies across the UK – PCS Union
"Our message to Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt is we are not going away" - Mark Serwotka, PSC General Secretary