NASUWT: Public services and economy "outrageously and unnecessarily sacrificed on the altar of coalition economic policy"
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
10:13 AM
Commenting on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report on the economy issued today which shows that Britain is in a double dip recession, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, said:
"In the last two years, 40,000 more children have been plunged into poverty, millions of public sector workers have had their pay frozen and their pensions plundered, thousands of workers in public and private sectors have been thrown out of work and essential services have disappeared.
"All have been outrageously and unnecessarily sacrificed on the altar of this Coalition Government's economic policy, which the ONS figures issued today confirm is fundamentally flawed.
"The reason the country is facing a double dip recession is that a key driver of the Government's economic policy has not been about tackling the deficit, but to use the deficit as a smokescreen to pursue the ideologically driven destruction of public services.
“The Government’s economic policy has been carefully and deliberately designed to cut costs and make vital public services ripe for takeover by privateers, who want to turn a fast buck and increase their profit margin at the expense of ordinary families and working people."
ENDS
Lena Davies
Journalist and acting press officer
Campaigns and Communications Team
NASUWT
0121 457 6250 / 07867 392 746
lena.davies@mail.nasuwt.org.uk
Disclaimer: Press releases published on this page are from key opinion formers
who promote their organisation's activities by subscribing to a campaign site within
politics.co.uk. politics.co.uk does not endorse, edit, or attempt to balance the
opinions expressed on this page. The content of press releases are wholly the responsibility
of the originating company or organisation.
David Cameron is refusing to revert to a 'plan B' despite the double-dip recession and a new polling setback for his party.
Bank lending could be increased by as much as £80 billion under a bold new 'funding for lending' scheme unveiled by George Osborne and Mervyn King last night.
The coalition is gearing up to begin plotting detailed spending cuts extending into the next parliament - despite figures out today showing another setback for its deficit reduction agenda.
The UK economy shrunk by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012, meaning the much-feared double-dip recession is now a reality.
Economists are questioning whether Britain is really in a double-dip recession, as Labour makes the most of yesterday's news.
Here's the chancellor's Mansion House address, in which he announces details of new measures to boost the liquidity of Britain's banks and inject money into the 'real economy, in full:
Tory troublemaker David Davis is stealing the headlines from the government's growth strategy with his own calls for "economic shock therapy".
The richest and poorest in society are set to pay the biggest price of George Osborne's latest tax rises and spending cuts.
George Osborne bought himself some much-needed breathing room today, as official figures showed the economy grew by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
George Osborne, chancellor, tells the Asia Economic Forum that Britain's recovery can be powered by the Asian boom
