David Cameron is offering ‘the same tired menu’ of public sector
cuts, says Unite
9th April 2010
David Cameron is like a third-rate MasterChef contestant
offering up the same tired menu of public expenditure cuts as his
so-called recipe for economic recovery, Unite, the largest union,
said today (Friday, 9 April).
Unite was commenting on the Tory plans of how the party will cut
£12 billion of public spending, which commentators say could cost
40,000 public sector jobs.
Gail Cartmail, Unite assistant general secretary for the public
sector, said: ”David Cameron is like a third rate MasterChef
contestant with his staid menu of ingredients for cuts, and more
cuts.
”The British people value their public services – they are
looking for haute cuisine in this area, not the deflated soufflé of
despair that David Cameron and his friends in the City wish to
serve up. The Tory menu is, frankly, unappetising.
”What the Conservatives fail to realise is that local government
in particular, and the public sector generally, are economic
generators in their own right.
”In a number of cities as many as two thirds of the economically
active are employed in the public sector and the impact of such
cuts would be devastating to local economies.”
A recent BBC survey suggested that at least 25,000 council jobs
in England would be under threat in the next three to five years.
The forecast was based on answers from 49 councils with a combined
workforce of 256,000, suggesting cuts of 10 per cent.
ENDS
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