Rishi Sunak says his government is different, but the pro-elite and anti-worker policies have carried on without a pause
- Sharon Graham is the general secretary of Unite
Recently the government made two major policy interventions. One was a proposed attack on workers: “new tough laws” against the right to strike, while refusing to negotiate with NHS workers. The other was a gift to the City: uncapping bankers’ bonuses and looking to remove safeguards brought in to tame markets after the 2008 crash.
This was all framed as being somehow inevitable. But it is a choice to adopt arbitrary constraints, not a law of nature. In fact, if the government’s accountancy rules had not been changed 18 months ago, this particular deficit would not even exist.
