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?

So there was another way - Oh dear.

Mr Clegg looks very uncomfortable.

Hilarious - discovering Greece and Nick Clegg

Johnston is ace never heard him before
i'm impressed

Alan JOhnson is funny

LOL @ Irish pm quote

roffle at nick clegg

Oh no I am laughing now - why am I laughing, if we end up like Ireland ...

Does any one know what EMA is being replaced with.

He spoke so fast, just couldnt grasp it

Ooooo Alan Johnston - an excellent orator

What a tosser Alan J is.

Oh and when do I need to find myself a job for another 8 hours

The original sure start was in the 10 per cent most deprived. Then the 30 per cent. This year it was due to be universal- that already hasn't happened as las have been cautious. I would imagine that most later phase centres will close.

What role do you want in a cc?

oh well said Mr Johnston on increasing the difficult of returning to work

Am impressed with Alan J

loving Alan Johnson's response - he comes over very well - clear, concise, easy to understand,confidence and very funny

I'm really impressed with Johnson!

Watching ITN analysis as Justine is on.Love the fact they had 3 women on to talk about it.

Thankyou, so say our rent is currently 600 a month...this is covered under LHA, will we now have to pay 500 a month out of the other benefits we get? Are they taking away almost all of the HB/LHA we get?

Simba - yes - ours were among the earliest Sure Starts .

Hoping to be a family support worker

looks like your the only one who thinks so Tootles

Deborah Meaden though. Really?

Smokey - The one closest to the screen is one of the mumnets founders. Justine I thinks she's called.

looks like Ed Miliband is thinking twice about his appointment of Alan Bronson. He is like a slap in the face with a wet kipper.

But have now switched over to BBC to check out Alan.

Sorry but you surely can't buy AJ's nonsense.

It's so easy to put holes into someone else's plan when you're not responsible for anything anymore and have a particularly short memory that you were partially responsible for it.

I don't agree with everything the Government have done but bugger me something had to be done to reduce the deficit.

David Cameron does look so embarrassed.