We already know that there will be an extra £2.5bn in government spending cuts in the budget tomorrow. The even worse news is that it's being done to fund that old chestnut, infrastructure projects. Talk about a lack of imaginative thinking or is it about creating a few temporary jobs ahead of the next general election?
The real problem this presents is actually getting the savings out of government departments who all to often manage to shift costs around and never seem to cut themselves. What would have been far simpler, and therefore more effective, would have been a straight percentage of each department to give the £2.5bn and by that I mean cutting their operating budgets, not the money they play around with. Then they'd have to do something for their money for a change!
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