| False Economy - arguing why the current cuts are wrong

About us

False Economy is for everyone concerned about the impact of the government’s spending cuts on their community, their family or their job.

It is brought to you by local campaigners, those who rely on or support good public services and those who work to supply them.

False Economy’s supporters want to build the broadest possible movement that can get the government to change direction.

Of course the country has been damaged by the recession, but there are alternatives to these deep, rapid cuts.

The government’s cuts are unfair, risk the fragile economic recovery and fail to make those who caused the crash pay a proper contribution through the tax system to clearing up the mess they made.

False Economy is not a top-down national organisation.

We recognise that there will be many campaigns against cuts, with some based locally, others that link up people in particular sectors, and others that bring together national organisations. Not all will agree on every aspect or share the same priorities.

But while we welcome and respect this diversity, we believe that we will be more effective when we work together, share information and pool resources.

False Economy will grow and develop as the campaign develops, but we launch with these initial objectives:

• To gather and map information and personal testimony about the cuts and their effects
• To show that there are alternative economic approaches
• To provide resources and tools for campaigners and campaign groups

False Economy is for everyone who thinks the coalition is cutting too much, too fast and wants to do something about it.

How we are run

False Economy came about through discussions between on-line activists, campaigners and trade unions. Out of this a small working group was formed to guide the creation of False Economy. The site was built by Clifford Singer, who developed MyDavidCameron and runs The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance. We are grateful to pre-launch financial support from the TUC, Unison, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Fire Brigades Union. We are now seeking further funding, and will soon be able to accept donations online.

False Economy working group

• Guy Aitchison, openDemocracy
• Kate Belgrave, Hangbitch
• Alison Charlton, Unison
• Nishma Doshi
• Deborah Grayson, Mutiny
• Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy
• Chaminda Jayanetti, A Thousand Cuts
• Becky Luff, The Cuts Won’t Work
• Adam Ramsay, No Shock Doctrine for Britain
• Clifford Singer, The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance
• Nigel Stanley, TUC
• Stuart White, Oxford Save our Services

Supporters

Here are some of our initial supporters. We welcome further supporting organisations – both nationally and locally – other than political party groups. Please get in touch if you are interested.

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Compass
• Fire Brigades Union
• Left Foot Forward
• Liberal Conspiracy
• The Other TaxPayers' Alliance
• PCS
• Red Pepper
• TUC
• Unison

Thank you

Hilary Aked, Captain Ska, Deborah Allwright, Julia Bard, Chris Coltrane, Jim Cranshaw, Lucian Evans, Josie Long, Alex Stobart, Sam West and John Wood.

Contact us

via falseeconomy.org.uk

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