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SECRET “back door” public-sector cuts would result in fewer doctors, nurses, police officers, teachers and military personnel, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said yesterday.
Tory Chancellor George Osborne’s changes to funding of public-sector pensions set out in his Budget on
Wednesday are a “vicious attack” on essential front-line services, said Mr Farron.
The change should lop £2 billion off Treasury spending but threadbare departments will have to find the cash.
New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT