cuts - Wednesday's Spending Review

[mrsbaldwin]

Brace yourself ladies - these cuts are big, there will be tens of thousands of public sector redundancies and it's said (by the Fawcett Society amongst others) that they will disproportionately affect women.

Some workers will get some sort of payoff, and some will be pleased to go. Some will find new jobs.

But I reckon the overall effect (licks finger and holds it in the wind) will be to drive down women's wages, meaning that once you are made redundant from your public sector post you may find more work but it will be at a lower rate and the extra competition for jobs across the board will drive wages down across the board. This may be true for men as well but I think it will affect women - mums - more.

If you are watching the press coverage on Weds, what do you think the effects of the cuts and the job losses for women (and mums) will be?

woohoo - a piece of good news - TV licence frozen for 6yrs - 'bout bloody time there was something nice.......

Well done Murdoch, you have started to chip away on the BBC with the backing of the government

That support was worth it at the GE

Adora it must be such a huge worry for you.

When in the USA museum admission is often free for local residents but costed for tourists. That seems fair to me.

CTC up £30 next year and £50 the following year

The provision of "superfast" broadband to rural areas is a MASSIVE massive cost

Why no figures?

simbacat you are so right about laughing.

So if one partner works 16 hours and the other doesnt work due to young family / elderly relatives but doesnt get carers allowance because it would be swallowed up by losses in WTC - they won't qualify for tax credits now. So one partner has to work an extra 8 hours for the same benefit - where is the incentive to even work at all because those unemployed arent having to do any more for their money????

And then the council housing market rents????

How are we all in this together ????

We will have sold our tvs to pay the bill.

What'sthe 80% about, Adora? Are they doing something to HB or CTB?

What was he doing in north Yorkshire?

"Well done Murdoch, you have started to chip away on the BBC with the backing of the government" :(

Simbacat - what do they class as a "tourist"?

We have one (tiny) musuem here......we have to be "tourists" to go to any half decent musuems.

pah @ £30 extra CTC - when they're taking away 10% of childcare help.

Is that £30 for the year that isn't going to cover the loss for most people when childcare help is being reduced from 80 to 70 percent. Have I got that right???

It's going to be better to be unemployed than on a low income.

x posts Mamo

Nothing new there then BTM.

frrright 80 % of market value.

£30 above indexation I think - although I don't actually know what that means

CrossRail - ouch. Expensive.

(benefits me personally however)

Simba - "superfast broadband" to N Yorks

It won't happen

When they get round to looking at the figures. It costs millions to get it to single villages and they will back out

a good thing though if they're putting so many out of work

It must be printed somewhere

apparently it will appear linked from here after he's finished speaking.

www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/

I agree moonlight family on say 20k is fucked compared to people that choose not work who already have a council tenancy

Yes bythemoonlight

So the children of those on a low income are really going to suffer, arent they