Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Unions Condemn Spending Review Job Losses


Link to the article: Channel 4 News

George Osborne said it was the day Britain stepped back from the brink. But union leaders tell Channel 4 News the spending review will lead to "wholesale unemployment".

The Chancellor confirmed that almost 500,000 public sector jobs were set to be axed as a result of the spending review, leading to warnings from union leaders that the UK was being condemned to "unnecessary wholesale unemployment".

Unison described the cuts as "ideologically driven" and accused the Government of failing to consider that there was a fairer alternative.