Tag: budget
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NSSN 749: After Starmer & Reeves’s Budget, TUC must call demo!
After weeks of speculation, Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves has presented her Budget. While workers desperately need policies that reverse the attack on living standards of the last 15 years or so, instead the Budget effectively means ‘same again’. The NSSN has been campaigning for a Budget that makes the rich pay not workers and working-class…
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NSSN 748: Support rising number of strikes and protest against Starmer & Reeves’s austerity Budget
It’s clear that the number of strikes is again on the rise. Workers are being forced into action as the cost of living squeeze continues to bite. There is a whole rash of localised action, while national disputes such as the BMA Resident Doctors are taking place, alongside national ballots in further and higher education.…
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NSSN 746: Join Unite Community national day of action against cuts and sanctions on Budget Day
Join the Unite Community national day of action against cuts and sanctions on Budget Day Wednesday 26 November 2025 read more Westminster protest – from noon College Green, Westminster, London on Wednesday 26 November Unite Community is calling a national day of action to protest against the ongoing cuts and sanctions to people’s benefits. It’s…
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NSSN 701: We need a Workers’ Budget – make the rich pay!
The first Budget of the new Labour Government is this Wednesday 30th October. In the run-up to the Budget, Starmer and Reeves have been warning about spending limits. But the NSSN believes that after 14 years of Tory austerity and cost of living squeeze, working-class people need a programme that transforms their lives. And after…
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NSSN 692: Make the rich pay not workers
The NSSN has responded to yesterday’s speech by Labour Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer, which warned of a “painful” Budget on 30th October. While it is right to point to 14 years of Tory rule, unions must demand that the response must be not to make workers pay the price. Those Tory governments, including when…
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NSSN 475: Protest against the Tories on Budget Day
Budget Day events March 11th This coming Wednesday, new Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver Boris Johnson’s Tory budget. Such is the crises affecting the government, up until a few weeks ago, they weren’t certain if the budget would go ahead on March 11th after Sajid Javid’s resignation. This is an opportunity to protest against continuing…
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NSSN 369: Fight together for a FULL pay rise!
Last Tuesday, council workers and school support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received a 2-year pay offer from the local government employers with the main headline of a 2% rise for each year. The local government unions will now consider this offer, which falls far short of their 5% pay claim. As Unite…
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No. 134 Solidarity action – “We need a General Strike”
Solidarity action? “Let’s call it by its proper name – we need a general strike” Boooo! That was the response from the 500-strong rally of PCS strikers to the appearance of Tory Chancellor George Osborne on the big screen outside parliament. While he lied and spun his way to making more cuts, inspiring speeches were…
