UCATT Comment on Building Schools for the Future Project

05.07.10

Commentating on the Government’s announcement today (July 5th) that it is to freeze many of the proposed Building Schools for the Future projects: Alan Ritchie, General Secretary of construction union UCATT, said: “This announcement demonstrates the black hole at the heart of the coalition Government’s economic policy. Private sector construction workers would have built the new schools. The Government is by far the largest client for private sector construction companies.

“By making these cuts the Government are making it impossible for the private sector in industries such as construction to create the jobs which will be needed to replace those which will be lost in the public sector.”

Mr Ritchie, added: “It is a black day when the Government won’t invest in the country’s future by improving the schools where our children are educated.”