Posts Tagged ‘cuts’

Regional pay is no way forward

Regional pay is no way forward

Introducing regional pay in the public sector will slash pay and would simply be a race to the bottom of the economic pile

An attack on employment rights

An attack on employment rights

Today’s industrial dispute is about more than public sector pensions – it also arises from unease about individual employment rights which look likely to be severely eroded by the UK Government

The Great Pension Raid

The Great Pension Raid

Today teachers from across Wales travel to Westminster as part of a joint trade union lobby of Parliament to stop their pensions being raided

Hardest Hit won’t stop – we won’t let it stop

Hardest Hit won’t stop – we won’t let it stop

One of the organisers of the weekend’s Hardest Hit march, shares his experience of the event and the importance of the day

Can we afford the current police structure?

Can we afford the current police structure?

There has been much political debate around police cuts. Here, one former officer – now an AM – argues that savings can be made in Wales

Local or regional? The future of local government in Wales

Local or regional? The future of local government in Wales

Creating regional consortia of local authorities brings real benefits, argues Labour AM Mike Hedges, drawing on his extensive experience of local government

We’re not in Kansas anymore

We’re not in Kansas anymore

This recession is taking a lot longer to work its way out of the system than anticipated. What is working against the recovery, and just how bad could it get?

Cutting it fine

Cutting it fine

Westminster-imposed budget restrictions have brought tensions between Labour-run administrations in Wales and traditional allies in the trades union movement, but the Welsh Government can lead the way in resolving the issue

A date who won’t stop talking about the ex

A date who won’t stop talking about the ex

Plaid Cymru’s disastrous election result wasn’t down to “the media”, their opponents or any other scapegoat – it was a product of the party’s obsession with attacking Labour

Public sector pension reform lies between a rock and a hard place

Public sector pension reform lies between a rock and a hard place

The Hutton report on pensions last month contained many issues still largely undissected, but there was only one direction of travel as far as the conclusions were concerned

Driving the agenda on Welsh jobs

Driving the agenda on Welsh jobs

As the Conservative-led Westminster government pushes more people in Wales into joblessness, a priority of the next Assembly will be to provide new opportunities and new skills. Here’s how Welsh Labour will do it

The next period of devolution will be its coming of age

The next period of devolution will be its coming of age

The Assembly’s defining moment has arrived, not because of its new powers, but because of its capacity to resist the very worst of Westminster’s cuts