Great idea. Let’s have less civil servants so the public have to wait even longer for access to various government services
I can definitely imagine that the waiting times for passports and HMRC phone lines will improve now that they are going to have less staff
they were talking on Newsnight about tax-cuts, in a very Tory friendly way actually
– this is probably to drum up a war-chest for pre 2025 election tax cuts, then if they manage to win they can sort out the wreckage after the election, but if Labour win they inherit a poison pill – but as in 1992 Toy would also have the poison pill if they do win.
Just as 27 civil servants have their claims against 1 absolute bone head (Raab). Seems convenient.
Tory HQ this week:
“So you know what we tried a few months back; cutting taxes to the rich and making the job market unstable?”
“Oh that thing that almost completely destroyed the economy for the poors while benefiting our donors and made the country an international laughing stock. Yes yes I know”
“What if we did it again?”
If they want outcomes that save money they actually need to hire more FTEs do they can stop spending a fortune on contractors.
top tory trick: Slash jobs, but keep the workload the same. Technically you save money while preserving services, and you definitely don’t just gut the service entirely but are too cowardly to actually tell the electorate you’re getting rid.
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Great idea. Let’s have less civil servants so the public have to wait even longer for access to various government services
I can definitely imagine that the waiting times for passports and HMRC phone lines will improve now that they are going to have less staff
they were talking on Newsnight about tax-cuts, in a very Tory friendly way actually
– this is probably to drum up a war-chest for pre 2025 election tax cuts, then if they manage to win they can sort out the wreckage after the election, but if Labour win they inherit a poison pill – but as in 1992 Toy would also have the poison pill if they do win.
Just as 27 civil servants have their claims against 1 absolute bone head (Raab). Seems convenient.
Tory HQ this week:
“So you know what we tried a few months back; cutting taxes to the rich and making the job market unstable?”
“Oh that thing that almost completely destroyed the economy for the poors while benefiting our donors and made the country an international laughing stock. Yes yes I know”
“What if we did it again?”
If they want outcomes that save money they actually need to hire more FTEs do they can stop spending a fortune on contractors.
top tory trick: Slash jobs, but keep the workload the same. Technically you save money while preserving services, and you definitely don’t just gut the service entirely but are too cowardly to actually tell the electorate you’re getting rid.