“Rachel Reeves has hit the reset button, erasing the Tory shambles and misery of the past.”
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Let’s look behind the headlines, avoid the spin, and separate the fact from the fiction of this week’s budget
The NHS, councils, care and other public services need help and tax cuts won’t deliver it
Today’s budget found the cash to offer tax cuts to big businesses and the highest earners – but nothing for public service pay, again
Chancellor can find the money when it suits him
We’ll be watching closely, and we’ll be ready to take action if the chancellor fails to fix the crisis in pay packets and public services
But new UNISON research shows that public service workers are overwhelmingly pessimistic about chancellor Jeremy Hunt doing the right thing next week
Teetering public services deserve much better
Rescuing economy and public services should go hand in hand
Golden opportunity wasted to reward NHS staff