Unison: ‘Some Christmas present’

Dave Prentis, Unison general secretary, comments on new unemployment figures:

“The government’s policies are clearly not working. The private sector is not coming to the rescue. Behind these figures are families struggling to get by, landed with a bitter blow of unemployment – some Christmas present from this government.

“And worse is still to come, when the hundreds of thousands of job losses in the public sector – particularly in local government – start hitting home.

“There is another way, but the government is ideologically driven to cut back on our public services, whatever the consequences.”