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Autumn statement is 'pain without purpose', says TUC
Commenting on the Chancellor's autumn statement yesterday (Wednesday) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'When you are self-harming you should stop, not look for better sticking plasters.
'With the economy still scraping along the bottom, unemployment set to rise and the Chancellor missing his own debt target, we need a fundamental change in direction, not more muddling through.
'Cuts, austerity and squeezed living standards stretch seemingly without end into the future. What is missing today is any vision of a future economy that can deliver decent jobs and living standards - it's pain without purpose.'
NOTES TO EDITORS:
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Alex Rossiter T: 020 7467 1337 M: 07887 572130 E: arossiter@tuc.org.uk
