Sustained investment needed to fix years of Conservative cuts, says UNISON

Commenting on the election spending pledges outlined by chancellor Sajid Javid today (Thursday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“After nine long years of spending cuts, this is nowhere near enough to repair the damage done to budgets, services and staff in hospitals, schools, police stations and town halls across the country.
“The chancellor’s triumphant talk of rising wages will ring hollow for public sector workers whose pay fell victim to austerit