UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said:
“The Tories certainly know how to kick people when they are down. Chancellor Osborne and the rest of this Tory/LibDem Government are just like a broken record. Their one stated aim is to pay down the deficit. Their one policy is to cut public spending and in the process hit the weak, the sick and the vulnerable.
“The fact that it isn’t working doesn’t seem to matter. Recovery is glacial, unemployment is high, wages are falling and prices are rising.
“These policies are pushing people to the brink of despair. And now these uncompassionate Conservatives pile on even more pressure, despite the evidence, despite thepain. Economics has nothing to do with it, Osborne’s latest dire cuts plans are all to do with Conservative dogma.”
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