CUTS HIT FAMILY.NEW dad Nick Walker says a cutback cut·back n. 1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" New York Times. 2. in overtime at his office has cost him pounds 170 a week. The 32-year-old postie postie Noun Scot, Austral & NZ informal a postman could earn pounds 450 a week by working four 10-hour shifts plus an extra two days. He said: "Now Royal Mail wants us to work five eight-hour shifts and it's blown a big hole in my pay." Nick, based in Islington, North London, makes up some money by doing two nightshifts - the only overtime now available. That means he sees little of his partner Yvonne or eightmonth-old daughter Olivia. He added: "People are under a lot of stress." CAPTION(S): pounds 170 a week worse off |
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