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Public sector pensions ‘heading for the rocks’
Posted on December 4, 2011 | No CommentsLord Hutton says gloomy economic outlook strengthens need for reforms but adds government needs to amend its proposals -
Day of strikes as millions heed unions’ call to fight pension cuts
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments• Disruption across UK as many services come to virtual halt
• Airports, schools, rail services and hospitals affected
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Legal aid cuts: hitting the vulnerable
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsMinistry of Justice plans to replace law centres and advisers with telephone 'gateway' will decimate social welfare law, critics say -
Council pension scheme in danger of collapse, says union
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsGovernment shake-up of public sector pensions could see around 5 million current and former council staff opt out -
Child poverty warning as cuts threaten to close 3,500 Sure Start centres
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsFlagship scheme for children is in danger as budget restrictions bite, warns former government adviser -
Public sector workers to be offered further concessions in pensions row
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsMinisters preparing to give in to trade unions in contentious area of transferring pensions from public to private sector -
Library usage falls as branches close
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsOfficial figures show 33 branch libraries have closed in the last year, and visits are also falling -
Teachers to take pensions reform protest to parliament
Posted on October 25, 2011 | 1 CommentThousands to descend on the Commons to lobby MPs in joint action organised by all UK's major teaching unions -
Harassing people on benefits degrades us all
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe repugnant moral rhetoric about benefit claimants echoes Victorian prejudices about the 'undeserving poor', writes Peter Beresford












