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To: maceng2 who wrote (419)	9/9/2003 11:41:18 AM
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Thats the idea. Print lots of money, let property prices go to the moon, create lots of easy credit then say you got to "control inflation". These thieving criminals should be thrown in jail! No wonder working peoples unions have to be created. ---------------------------------------------------- Brown delivers tough pay warning Chancellor Gordon Brown has insisted that the government will not give into any unaffordable demands that would risk the upsetting the UK's current economic stability. In a warning against inflation-busting wage demands by union leaders, Mr Brown said that he would not yield to "short term fixes or soft options". The speech to the TUC in Brighton comes at what is seen by many as a key moment in the government's relationship with the trade union movement. Mr Brown said: "Despite continuing global difficulties, Britain is today on track for stronger growth with low inflation. "And we will not yield to any inflationary pressures, any unaffordable demands or any short term quick fixes or soft options that would risk or squander the huge economic opportunities that our new won and hard won stability offers the British people." Mr Brown contrasted the UK's economic performance with that of many of its trading partners. He then went on to outline what sees as some of the government's successes including extra nurses and teachers. But he insisted that where there was investment there must be reform, that both efficiency and value for money was expected. He said Labour must not forget the lesson learned from its successes and failures over the last 100 years - that "the foundation of all we do...is our ability to secure economic stability and progress; to make possible rising employment, to create economic prosperity." That economic prosperity would allow the government to reach its goal of full employment and build prosperity "not for some but for all", he said. Criticism At the end of the speech he received brief applause. Mr Brown's appearance at congress follows criticism of the government from many of its traditional union allies. On Monday, Tony Woodley, of the Transport and General Workers' Union, told a fringe meeting at the s that Prime Minister Tony Blair should resign over the Iraq war. He said: "It's outrageous that a Labour government should not stand up and say: 'I was wrong and what I did was illegal, it was unjustified and I apologise and I resign'." The new TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, also warned the government over its "failure to deliver" over fairness at work. "The government is still too ready to believe employers bleating about so-called red tape," he said in his keynote speech. Praise for investment He criticised the way the government has pushed towards public sector reforms, arguing they were often "imposed on public servants rather than managed with them". Despite facing criticism, the government won praise from unions for boosting investment in health and education. The government is still too ready to believe employers bleating about so-called red tape Brendan Barber But Mr Barber warned: "If the increased funding they are pumping in - funding to provide for 400,000 new public servants - fails to deliver visible improvements, they will pay a devastating political price. "But it wouldn't be just the government that pays the price - it would be everyone who believes in public services." No problem? Mr Barber said it was now time for a new chapter in union and government relations, adding that he hoped the public services forum - agreed with the prime minister last week - would be a "new way of working together". "I say to ministers, the stakes are very high," he said. "That's why I say to the government, work with us - win the support of the workforce." Unions should not be treated as a "problem, something to be squared for the conference season". GMB leader Kevin Curran told BBC News that the Hutton inquiry into the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly had made the government less confident. "They are looking around for friends in the political landscape," he said. "We are their friends and we hope they can return to us." news.bbc.co.uk