Unite: If David Cameron were Prime Minister the recession would last till doomsday
In a speech to hundreds of community health workers in Harrogate today (20th November 2008), Derek Simpson, the joint leader of Unite has vowed to urge Gordon Brown to increase training places for community health workers as a recession begins to bite, but he warns that the Tory plan is to do nothing.
Mr Simpson said: “I have a feeling that Gordon’s ready to listen. Throughout the recession your client list will grow and you need support, support which the Conservatives have dismissed out of hand.”
Mr Simpson warned that “If David Cameron were Prime Minister, the recession would last till doomsday. There would be cuts in public spending, public servants would lose their jobs and vulnerable families would lose the support they desperately need.
“The current generation of parents are Thatcher’s children. They had badly funded schools and a social services network bled dry by Tory cost cutting. Among this generation is an army of the poorly educated and economically deprived. All that stands between them and disaster is the support of social and health services.
Unite the Union is presenting Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling with ten key priorities – including tax cuts for working people on low and average wages, a million council homes to be built over the next three years and a freeze on home repossessions as part of government action to spend its way out of the credit crunch and kick-start the faltering economy.
But Mr Simspon warned that: “If the Tories had their way there would be no stimulus for the economy.
Unite’s 10 Key priorities
Freezing repossessions on homes and creating 1 million new affordable homes
Increasing public spending levels to create demand
Supporting manufacturing through procurement and investment
A price commission for energy and a windfall tax on profits
The introduction of a fair tax regime to address the poverty gap
Maintaining a commitment to full employment
Restoring and defending collective rights for workers
Advancing investment in public infrastructure
Reducing interest rates to stimulate investment
Introducing a new order and regulation into the finance sector
Derek Simpson will be speaking to delegates of the Unite – Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) conference in Harrogate at 10.00am today.
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Contact: Ciaran Naido 07768 931 315
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