A new deal: TUC statement on the spending review
The TUC’s most urgent demand of government is to rule out a no deal Brexit and find a solution to the Brexit crisis which protects jobs, rights and peace in Northern Ireland.
But this is just the first step needed to rebuild an economy that works for everyone. The government should:
- Invest in the modern infrastructure Britain needs to deliver a fairer, cleaner economy, with at least £15bn of new infrastructure investment, and a plan to deliver a just transition for workers including through a new skills entitlement.
- Set out a ten-year funding plan to deliver world class public services, reversing the effects of a decade of cuts.
- Tackle Britain’s unfair labour market and deliver a new deal for workers by introducing new trade union rights, raising the minimum wage to £10 as quickly as possible, investing in labour market enforcement, including the creaking employment tribunal system, and banning zero hours contracts.
- Address sky high levels of in-work poverty with an end to Universal Credit, including the five-week wait, bringing an immediate end to the benefit freeze, and investing in making work pay.
Britain desperately needs a new deal for workers. Our economy is weak, our public services are struggling after years of cuts, and our labour market leaves too many workers underpaid and insecure.
Instead of fixing these problems, the government is threatening to inflict huge damage on working people’s livelihoods through a no deal Brexit that will derail the economy and damage public services.
Without ruling out a no deal Brexit and the damage it will cause, the Chancellor cannot begin the vital work of rebuilding Britain.
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