TUC urges ”fairness testing for budget cuts”
Budget cuts should be put through fairness testing before they are implemented, according to one industry body.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to ensure the Treasury will introduce this scheme in order to protect vulnerable people, such as low-paid workers, being affected.
Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, said its fairness testing could ensure that cuts do not negatively concern the poorest in society, because this could increase inequality.
Some in public sector jobs have already been affected by the government's attempts to get the country back on track and lower the national deficit.
But Mr Barber warned that a double-dip recession could be on the way if the government does not change tact when making cuts.
A report by the TUC recently revealed that social disadvantage could be harming people's future earning potential, but until Britain becomes a more equal society improvements will not be made.
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