“When you have a dialogue with the deaf you have to stand up and be counted. My message to the Government is stop this disgraceful butchery of public service jobs.”
“These cuts will bring devastation to the delivery of vocational courses, apprenticeships and adult learning, seriously undermining the government's skills agenda.”
“It is now time for the government to take stock of the havoc that is being wreaked by crude cuts to key public services and to seriously think again,”
“It is quite clear that Gershon is beginning to bite but for all the wrong reasons. People are having to wait longer to get benefits and advice on finding a job. This is unacceptable because these are the services that the most vulnerable in society rely on.”