There not finished with us yet!

Get the idea that a plan is being formulated here; by getting everybody squabbling over the leftovers on the table. What does this mean for us, except the union saving jobs while the unemployed whistle in the wind, I mean when was the last time someone went on strike for better welfare.

100,000 public sector jobs set to win reprieve from Treasury

Deeper cuts to welfare spending will boost Whitehall budgets by £11bn, predict analysts

Around 100,000 public sector workers could see their jobs saved following the Treasury's shift away from Whitehall spending reductions to deeper cuts in welfare payments, the government's new spending watchdog is expected to reveal tomorrow

Ernst & Young Item Club analysts said fears among public sector workers could be partially offset by tougher measures to reduce welfare spending. It said additional welfare reforms would enable the chancellor, George Osborne, to bolster departmental budgets by an extra £11bn by 2014/15.

Source; Guardian


Public-sector job losses to be 160,000 fewer than feared, says OBR

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said details of the government's four-year spending review, published last month, had enabled it to slash its estimate of public-sector job losses to 330,000 from 490,000. However, it believes that the government's policy to freeze public spending in 2015-16 could lead to further job losses of 80,000 that year unless welfare spending is cut further.

Source; Guardian