‘Attack is the best form of defence’ against cuts and pay freeze

Anger and disbelief hung in the air as delegate after delegate at the special local government conference condemned the government’s public sector pay freeze.
Speakers reacted with dismay at minsters’ ‘divide and rule’ tactic that pitted public sector workers against private sector staff, and manufactured a divide between ‘deserving’ NHS frontline workers and the ‘non-deserving’ who kept schools open, classrooms clean, collected refuse and fought c