Why we’re marching – Austerity isn’t working

We need to stand up now. The longer we leave it the harder things will become. Working conditions, pay and pension, what next….

Our country faces long-term economic problems. But our political leaders have failed to face up to them.

We need to stand up now. The longer we leave it the harder things will become. Working conditions, pay and pension, what next….

Our country faces long-term economic problems. But our political leaders have failed to face up to them.

For the next five years or more, unless policies change the economy will not grow, incomes will not rise, and there will be almost no new jobs.

If the government keeps on with big spending cuts and austerity we face a lost decade. Even on their own terms government policies are failing. To close the deficit we need a healthy growing economy that generates tax income. But austerity has led to a vicious circle of decline.

Instead of just letting the banks go back to business and bonuses as usual, we need policies that promote new and old industries.

This new approach would create jobs, especially for young people. It would encourage companies to raise average pay, penalise big bonuses and invest in training and new industries. It would crack down on tax evasion by big companies and the super-rich. It would tackle the growing inequality between the super-rich and everyone else.

Rather than deep, rapid spending cuts, we need to reverse our decline and build an economy that works for ordinary families.

20 October will see hundreds of thousands take to the streets of London to call for a fairer way out of this economic crisis.

The march will assemble along Victoria Embankment on the north bank of the Thames from 11am on October 20 moving off around noon.

There is much more detail about the march at the dedicated website www.afuturethatworks.org.
 

To book your place on a coach sign up at http://falseeconomy.org.uk/oct20 or get in touch with your union.