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Christmas misery for jobless

14 December 2011

A DOUBLE DIP OSBORNE RECESSION, RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, RAPIDLY FALLING LIVING STANDARDS ARE THE TORY/LIB DEM MISERABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THE NATION

Instead of attacking pensions and employment rights and making it easier to sack people the Government should be pursuing policies to create jobs which is something it is failing miserably to do says GMB

GMB commented on the new unemployment figures published today.

Paul Kenny GMB General Secretary said “A double dip Osborne recession, rising unemployment, rapidly falling living standards are the Tory/Lib Dem miserable Christmas gifts to the nation. The millions of workers without jobs face a miserable Christmas and a bleak New Year.

Instead of attacking pensions and employment rights and making it easier to sack people the Government should be pursuing policies to create jobs which is something it is failing miserably to do. Where are all the jobs that it promised -to make up for the 710,000 jobs cut in the public sector as an act of deliberate policy?

This Government upon election made cuts which shattered confidence and stalled the then internationally shared priorities for recovery from the banker's recession. It bears a heavy responsibility for the shifting of international priorities away from growth and more economic pain.”



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