We can ’t turn the clock back on Brexit, but let’s use the negotiations to build a better future, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis

Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis today (Sunday). Speaking in the debate on the impact of the EU referendum vote upon the UK economy and its public services – at the 148th Trades Union Congress in Brighton later this afternoon – Dave Prentis will say: “We are living through difficult times, and the aftermath of a referendum in which people voted in good faith to leave the EU. But many made that decision based on false promises from politicians who should have known better. “The aftermath of the referendum has brought out the worst in our society. A rising and ugly tide of racism, frightening anti-foreigner, anti-immigrant sentiment once consigned to the sewer of the far right, now unleashed into the mainstream. “The referendum result has also left the government without a plan. Conservative politicians parroting ‘Brexit is Brexit’ as a substitute for a proper economic plan for our country, our jobs and our children’s futures. “We might have a new Prime Minister, but she is sticking with the failed austerity that prolonged the recession and hurt so many working people. “Harsh spending cuts are pushing nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, town hall staff and those caring for our loved ones beyond breaking point. “But the British people didn’t vote for mo...
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