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SHADOW chancellor John McDonnell said yesterday that there was “no justification” for an emergency austerity Budget despite financial flight following Thursday’s Brexit vote.
Chancellor George Osborne threatened before the referendum to make savage public spending in the event of a vote to leave.
The economy was rocked yesterday as the pound crashed to its lowest level in 30 years and the share prices of Britain’s biggest firms fell by a total of £45 billion.
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people