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Originally Posted by Flyboy
And instead of attacking and insulting me, why don't you tell us all where these savings will come from?
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BBC
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Sir Peter Gershon, who used to be the government's efficiency adviser, told the Financial Times that £9.5bn could be saved by cutting IT costs, renegotiating contracts, curbing consultants.
He said "perhaps £1bn to £2bn" could be saved by curbing recruitment - prompting estimates that 20,000 - 40,000 public sector jobs could go.
Conservative leader Mr Cameron told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It is do-able, it is deliverable, I don't think it's particularly challenging to ask government to save £1 out of every £100 it spends
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This is exactly what I have had to do in my department - I have had my budgets frozen for three years, but still have to plan for 3% Pay OpEx increases year on year (as the government is not giving me an extra 1% to cover the NI increase, and the unions will surely strike if they don't get the inflation increase); so I won't be filling vacancies, and I will be asking people to take time of in lieu instead of overtime, and stuff like that.
But I do not know why you ask the question about the savings, because I am sure you will follow the party rebuttal line of "myth" and "fantasy" as soon as any answer appears - it would appear you don't want an answer, you just want to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (are you sure you never used to work in sales for IBM?
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