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All Together For Public Services

This is the home of the TUC's campaign against the Government's deep, rapid cuts in public spending.

Campaign latest:

Statement after PSLG meeting
Speaking after a meeting of public sector unions at the TUC today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Since the day of action we have seen a new atmosphere in the negotiations.

Government must stop war of words and get on with serious negotiations
Commenting today (Thursday) on the TUC Day of Action yesterday, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

OBR deals new blow to public and private sector pensioners
As public sector workers take part in the biggest strike for a generation today (Wednesday), a new paper from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts that the gap between CPI and RPI inflation will increase to 1.4 per cent in future – cutting the value of public and private sector pensions in payment even more than previously forecast.

Government claims on cost of the day of action are fantasy economics, says TUC
Responding to comments made by the government today (Thursday) on the supposed cost of the TUC day of action on 30 November, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

The gender impact of the cuts - a year on
In the twelve months since the first briefing was written many of the cuts that were anticipated have now happened and further cuts and reforms have been announced. This briefing aims to revisit and update the 2010 “Gender impact of the cuts briefing” and to give an overview of the ways in which women in both the public and private sectors have been affected by the public sector cuts, as workers, as benefits claimants and as service users.

TUC makes bid for chart success in week of pension day of action
The TUC has brought together a group of public sector staff as The Workers to re-record the classic song Let's Work Together as a charity track that celebrates everything that is good about the public sector and raises money for today's pensioners.

SERTUC Pensioners Network Seminar
Who cares about care? Speakers include Professor Steve Iliff, Eileen Chubb (Compassion in Care), Liz Kendall MP (Shadow Minister), Richard Exell (TUC)