Let’s send the government a message

24.03.11 - Helen Symons

I spent yesterday afternoon listening to George Osborne’s budget, and thinking about what it will mean for ordinary people. He seems to think we’ll be won over by headlines about a £48 a year tax cut; that less than a pound a week will make us forget that he landed us with a huge, unfair VAT rise earlier this year that is squeezing our monthly budgets.

The government’s also been busy scrapping some of our hard-won rights at work. They aren’t satisfied with cutting jobs, support for families and public services - their next target is what they call ‘red tape’, but what we call ‘a fair deal at work’.

They say that they have no choice but to slash and burn our public services and our rights. They are wrong, there is an alternative: a fair tax on the banks, protection for public services, and policies for jobs and growth.

That’s why hundreds of thousands of people will march through Central London on Saturday to send a message to this government that there is a better way. Whether you are marching on Saturday or not, make your voice heard today - send a message to Cameron, Clegg and Osborne now:

http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/123

To support the ‘March for the Alternative’ on Saturday, we’ve set up an easy campaign tool to help you make your voice heard from your computer. Whether you’ve got 1, 2 or 3 minutes to spare, you can help make sure that this government get the message loud and clear - getting out of the recession doesn’t have to mean cruel cuts.

Thousands of people have got in touch with us to join this campaign - people who are worried about their jobs, worried about making ends meet now VAT has pushed prices up, and worried about what the public services they rely on will look like once the government’s had its way.

Add your voice to our campaign today - take a couple of minutes to use our campaign website to send the government a message that there is an alternative.

http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/123

Together, we can make sure the government hear us loud and clear - there is another way.