Private companies are boasting that they have inside knowledge of what is going to be in the Government’s emergency budget on 22 June, which, if true, shows exactly whose side the coalition government is on, said the Unions union last night.

Mark Fox, Chief Executive of the Business Services Association (BSA), has e-mailed councils telling them that the Fair Deal provision, covering pension entitlements, will be abolished in the emergency budget.

BSA brings together private companies bidding for contracts in local government. Fox further claims to have had private discussions with ministers about the Emergency Budget.

Unions say that ditching crucial pension protection for low paid public sector workers, who are transferred to private companies, would not save the State a penny. It would, however, make the contracts more lucrative for private companies.

It’s general secretary, Dave Prentis, said:

It’s totally disgraceful and unconstitutional that multi-national companies should be given details of what is to be in the emergency budget. This is a clear indication that we are not, as the Cameron mantra goes, all in this together.
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The fact that its abolition won’t save the country a single penny, shows that the intention is to make these contracts more lucrative for private companies. There would be no level playing field with an in-house bid, because contractors could undercut, at the expense of the workforce.

From a press release

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