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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Sat Jan 14, 2012, 06:13 AM Jan 2012

Ed Balls: Labour cannot reverse public pay freeze [View all]

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has indicated Labour will support a pay freeze for public sector workers in order to help reduce the deficit.

Mr Balls told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that getting people into jobs must come before higher pay.

But trade union leaders have accused Labour of failing to speak up for "ordinary people".

The government announced in November that public sector pay would rise by only 1% in the two years to 2015.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16558820

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Ed Balls: Labour cannot reverse public pay freeze [View all] dipsydoodle Jan 2012 OP

I fear that when the media get what they want and Miliband D replaces Miliband E .... non sociopath skin Jan 2012 #1

I don't see brother David being the answer to Labour's woes T_i_B Jan 2012 #2

Balls and Milleband like so much of the Labour party fedsron2us Jan 2012 #3

I wish I could see that, Feds. non sociopath skin Jan 2012 #4

Miliband leading Labour to destruction, UNITE chief says T_i_B Jan 2012 #5