Chancellor is giving with one hand and taking with other, says TUC

9 Jul 2015 01:56 PM

Responding to yesterday’s (Wednesday) Budget Statement, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: 

“The Chancellor is giving with one hand and taking away with the other. Massive cuts in support for working people will hit families with children hardest.

“The Chancellor has finally woken up to the fact that Britain needs a pay rise. The TUC has long campaigned for the minimum wage to rise faster and the Chancellor has listened to us at last.

“For young people, it was all bad news as they will not get the minimum wage boost and will suffer from cuts to higher education grants and housing benefit. And it was not a one-nation budget for public sector workers who will face years more of cuts to real wages.

”Massive tax cuts for the wealthiest show the Conservatives are still the party of the inheritors, rather than the workers.”

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