{"id":10643,"date":"2016-11-18T16:11:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2016-11-18T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:23:49","slug":"cuts-reversal-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=10643","title":{"rendered":"Cuts reversal call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>For today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spot we have not so much quote of the day as quotes. Ending cuts now has become a rallying cry that has united MPs across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bI have a guiding principle in life. Always listen to the loudest voice in your head. I think we all know what that voice is saying. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just pause these cuts. The risk of damage is high. The financial cost to pause is low. What kind of a government do we want to be?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Heidi Allen MP (Conservative)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have a very good opportunity to do something that is bold and right for those we really want to improve the lives of.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Iain Duncan Smith MP (Conservative)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Unite responds:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bReversing the cuts to Universal Credit and working-age benefits is the first step \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and it is vital the government does this. But we cannot settle for what ends up being giveaways for the rich that masquerade as support for struggling families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA cost-of-living crisis is on the horizon and these families need real relief now \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ending austerity immediately, including lifting the public sector pay cap and the working-age benefits freeze, coupled with a hike in the minimum wage, should be the most immediate priorities.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Steve Turner, Unite assistant general secretary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spot we have not so much quote of the day as quotes. Ending cuts now has become a rallying cry that has united MPs across the political spectrum. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI have a guiding principle in life. Always listen to the loudest voice in your head. I think we all know what that voice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[76,631],"wps_subtitle":"Unite: End austerity is just first step ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10646,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions\/10646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}