Share by Giles Tremlett Europe continues its march toward disaster as prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government announces Spain’s most austere budget for more than three decades Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government announced Spain‘s most austere budget for more than three decades – the day after a million protesters took to Spanish streets. “We...
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Share By Associated Press Spanish unions call walkout over labour law reforms at heart of austerity budget to be handed down on Friday Unions in Spain have begun a general strike over economic reforms, challenging the country’s new conservative government and joining other European workers venting their frustration at austerity measures. The...
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Share Tanker drivers delivering fuel to petrol pumps across the UK have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over safety and growing instability in the fuel industry. Members of Unite working for five major fuel distribution firms delivering fuel for household names, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, BP, Shell and Esso backed a call...
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Share By Philip Inman GDP fell 0.2% in the final quarter of last year to put Ireland officially into recession, alongside Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Greece Ireland ended last year in recession, according to figures on Thursday, after an export drive was undermined by the slowdown in global demand. A dip...
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Share Last week’s meetings of the NUT and UCU National Executives agreed that a regional strike of NUT and UCU members across the London Region will be called for Wednesday March 28. Here is the joint strike appeal letter As the letter to members from the NUT General Secretary makes clear, the London action is planned as...
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Share On the week of the Equinox, community activists and residents from Dublin 7 and Dublin 12 have organised mock “equinox sacrifices” to “appease the ECB gods”. The campaign is calling for the Anglo “promissory note” payment of €3.1 billion, due on March 31st, to be stopped and urges the government to instead use...
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Share In advance of tomorrow’s budget the Coalition of Resistance held a banner drop on Westminster Bridge sending a clear ‘No Cuts’ message to the chancellor.
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Share Around 20 people have occupied the main meeting room at Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust this afternoon (Friday 16th March). They were part of a demonstration in Oxford against the privatisation of the NHS, which marched on the Trust’s headquarters. Occupiers have put up banners in the office windows calling on health secretary Andrew...
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Share By Polly Toynbee From Greece to Germany Europe’s been seized by a collective psychosis – our own government cuts to the bone voluntarily Never mind the barbecue set, did David Cameron bring home an economics lesson from President Obama? While UK growth stagnates, Obama’s US grows by 2.2%. While the UK economy...
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Budget 2012: George Osborne will ‘institutionalise poverty’
Share By Mark Serwotka A tighter squeeze on public sector pay and tax cuts for high earners is completely unacceptable, says Mark Serwotka George Osborne will “institutionalise poverty” in Britain’s poorest areas with a budget that is set to tighten the squeeze on public sector pay while reducing the tax rate for high earners, the leader of the...
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