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The National Union of Teachers has followed up the 30 June strike against pension cuts with a proclamation that it is fighting for Fair Pensions For All, including a fair deal on the state pension and levelling-up for private-sector workers. It’s a good move. The Government’s planned changes to public sector pensions go hand-in-hand with changes to state pensions (raising the pension age, freezing Pension Credit), and interweave in a more complicated way in the process, already well advanced, of trashing private-sector pension schemes.
politics, ordinary spaniards feel the pain. and the french president says it was a mistake for greece to join the euro. first off, let s go straight to the european stock markets and see how they re faring at the minute. we re seeing a higher open and that in turn follows rallies on thursday after that crucial deal was reached at the eu summit in brussels. we ll bring you the numbers in a moment s time. first up, let s tell you what s making news across the region. in particular, it is the french president, mr. nicolas sarkozy. in an interview on thursday, sarkozy said allowing greece into the euro zone was, it seems, a mistake. greece ended with false economic figures. it was not ready to do so. sarkozy spoke with the chinese president, hu jintao on thursday to assess china s reaction to the eu deal. we had spanish jobless figures being released a few moments ago. what we know is the spanish jobless rate has risen to 21.52%. so 21.5% across this euro zone nation. this me