Chancellor is running out of people to blame for government’s economic record

In an interview ahead of next week’s Budget, the Chancellor has said that he wants to cut tens of thousands of Civil Service jobs.

Responding to the Chancellor’s comments, General Secretary Mike Clancy said: 

“After 14 years in charge of our public services, this government is running out of people to blame for its economic record.

“The Chancellor’s vague references to waste in the Civil Service make clear this is just another vacuous attack on an imagined blob.

“Every time a government minister proposes cutting tens of thousands of civil servants, they fail to set out what it is they think government should stop doing.

“The Government should use this week’s Budget to meet the public’s demand for improving our flagging public services – not irresponsible pre-election tax giveaways.”