Lansley on pensions

A leaked letter from Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander endorsed almost every point unions had made on public sector pensions, the TUC said in response at the end of July.




The letter 'could have been written by any of the union negotiators', the TUC said, adding that Mr Lansley confirmed that the Government was grabbing money from public sector workers to pay down a deficit they did nothing to create.

The Government's approach would have the perverse consequence of making the deficit worse, as the state would still have to pay current schemes but would get no benefit from the contributions of those who leave their schemes.

Back Bombardier call

The Government should reverse its decision to award the Thameslink rolling stock contract to Siemens in Germany in preference to Bombardier in the UK, the TUC and unions urged last month.




Following a meeting with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady expressed grave disappointment that the Government refused to review its decision.



'We were appalled to learn that no jobs impact assessment has been carried out and we have urged the Secretary of State to do so because we believe that the long-term costs to the taxpayer of the loss of thousands of jobs will prove to be more expensive', she said.

Markets panic? by Nick Venedi

Apparently the markets are panicking and the value of shares is going down in the meantime I did not see any evidence of this when I was in Brixton market, the price of bananas was the same as the week before so maybe the markets are just getting bored with life?

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Italian crisis, Nick Venedi

Looks like the Italian economy is also in trouble. Many were aware of this years ago as the Italian economy is very much a cash economy (especially in the south) Can Italy survive the crisis and if they can how would the Euro be affected?

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SERTUC Women's Rights Committee - Annual Walking Tour

Tuesday 20th September, places are limited to just 25. Take a tour around Belgravia, where at the end of the 19th century, it was also home to an army of domestic servants, most of them women and girls. This tour gives centre stage to the work and lives of cooks, maids and tweenies


http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-19889-f0.cfm

One O'Clocl clubs, by Nick Venedi

The O'clock clubs are under threat of closure. Please come to the meeting on the 6 September in Lambeth Town Hall to protest against the proposed closures.

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Tony Blair, by Nick Venedi

Looks like Tony Blair is back in the news again for the wrong reason. Would appear that he made an agreement with old Bush to go to war in Iraq without telling his cabinet? If that's true then that needs to be looked at?

Nick Venedi