Friday, Apr 23, 2010

The truth at last?

Yahoo: Public sector job losses 'inevitable', says Alistair Darling

Public sector job losses are ''inevitable'' as measures to halve the deficit take effect, Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, has said.

Posted by mark @ 03:26 PM (598 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. paul said...

Just so you know, these are not civil servants Darling is talking about. It's contractors from the big consultancy firms who get paid many times more than the vast majority of civil servants.

Friday, April 23, 2010 03:33PM Report Comment
 

2. 51ck-6-51x said...

"""
...[A.D.] replied: ''The amount of money that we spend on public services will depend on the estimate we make on how much we think the country can afford over the three years from April next year.
...
"I am always wary about making predictions,"
"""

Well that fills me with confidence.

Friday, April 23, 2010 05:20PM Report Comment
 

3. tom101 said...

From what i've seen permanent staff are getting sacked and contractors being kept on

Saturday, April 24, 2010 02:21AM Report Comment
 

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