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| TUC rejects claims of UK recovery | TUC rejects claims of UK recovery |
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| The head of Britain's trade union movement has rejected government claims that the UK is exiting the recession. | The head of Britain's trade union movement has rejected government claims that the UK is exiting the recession. |
| TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will tell the body's Congress that recovery would only take root when unemployment starts to fall. | TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will tell the body's Congress that recovery would only take root when unemployment starts to fall. |
| He is also expected to pour scorn on Tory plans to cut spending, saying they would cause the economy to nose dive. | He is also expected to pour scorn on Tory plans to cut spending, saying they would cause the economy to nose dive. |
| Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says Labour will continue the economic stimulus and has a debt repayment plan. | Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says Labour will continue the economic stimulus and has a debt repayment plan. |
| 'Horrified' | |
| In his opening speech to the TUC Congress in Liverpool, Mr Barber will urge caution after some economists have started to predict signs of an economic recovery. | In his opening speech to the TUC Congress in Liverpool, Mr Barber will urge caution after some economists have started to predict signs of an economic recovery. |
| It is only when unemployment comes down, only when we create decent jobs that pay decent wages... that we will be able to talk about a real recovery Brendan BarberTUC General Secretary class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8253816.stm">Labour to outline spending plans | |
| He will say: "The economy has fallen off a cliff. Green shoots mean little when thousands of people a day are joining the dole queue. | He will say: "The economy has fallen off a cliff. Green shoots mean little when thousands of people a day are joining the dole queue. |
| "Rising share prices count for little when a million and more young people can't find work. | "Rising share prices count for little when a million and more young people can't find work. |
| "It is only when unemployment comes down, only when we create decent jobs that pay decent wages and only when vital public services are safe from cuts that we will be able to talk about a real recovery." | "It is only when unemployment comes down, only when we create decent jobs that pay decent wages and only when vital public services are safe from cuts that we will be able to talk about a real recovery." |
| He will say that although the young are least to blame for the economic crisis, they are likely to suffer most from it. | He will say that although the young are least to blame for the economic crisis, they are likely to suffer most from it. |
| He said it is vital that Britain does not write off a generation to unemployment and roundly criticised Conservative plans to cut public spending. | He said it is vital that Britain does not write off a generation to unemployment and roundly criticised Conservative plans to cut public spending. |
| "I am so horrified when I hear the Conservatives talk of public expenditure cuts which would turn any progress towards economic recovery into a nose dive back into recession. | "I am so horrified when I hear the Conservatives talk of public expenditure cuts which would turn any progress towards economic recovery into a nose dive back into recession. |
| Brendan Barber says cuts would only promote recession | |
| "Here in this city which was so scared by the riots of the 1980s, let us remember the crippling economic and social costs of the Tory recessions and let us resolve: never, ever, again." | "Here in this city which was so scared by the riots of the 1980s, let us remember the crippling economic and social costs of the Tory recessions and let us resolve: never, ever, again." |
| Meanwhile, the business secretary is to outline the government's spending strategy at a speech at the London School of Economics. | Meanwhile, the business secretary is to outline the government's spending strategy at a speech at the London School of Economics. |
| He will say the government will be "wise spenders, not big spenders", and that Labour will continue the economic stimulus and has a plan to pay back debt, without eating into the fabric of people's lives. | He will say the government will be "wise spenders, not big spenders", and that Labour will continue the economic stimulus and has a plan to pay back debt, without eating into the fabric of people's lives. |
| However he will say: "We do not believe that we should try to solve problems simply by throwing money at them." | However he will say: "We do not believe that we should try to solve problems simply by throwing money at them." |
| Meanwhile Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable called for the debate to move on, saying "big ticket areas" such as "defence commitments, public sector pensions and tax credits" needed to be examined. | Meanwhile Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable called for the debate to move on, saying "big ticket areas" such as "defence commitments, public sector pensions and tax credits" needed to be examined. |