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Old 20-10-2010, 13:12   #18
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Re: The Comprehensive Spending Review Thread

And a nice round-up from the beeb about the winners and losers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11569160

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The key announcements:

* About 490,000 public sector jobs likely to be lost
* Average 19% four-year cut in departmental budgets
* Structural deficit to be eliminated by 2015
* £7bn in additional welfare budget cuts
* Police funding cut by 4% a year
* Retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 by 2020
* NHS budget protected; £2bn extra for social care
* Schools budget to rise every year until 2015
* £30bn capital spending on transport
* Permanent bank levy
Bloody tories eh? Destroying the NHS and schools...
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