| Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS union, has claimed that George Osborne will “institutionalise poverty” in Britain’s poorest areas if he introduces measures which cut salaries to public employees in struggling parts of the country. Mr Serwotka added that by cutting the top rate of income tax from 50p to 45p would give a “very arrogant” demonstration of the government’s policies. The TUC adds that plans to scrap national pay rates for public sector workers will take £1.7bn from local economies and accelerate the North-South divide. Source: The Guardian, Page: 4 The Times, Page: 37 Daily Mirror, Page: 20 Yorkshire Post, Page: 4 |