Not exact matches
Commenting on these latest figures, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth,
such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of
public sector cuts.
«Over the last few years we have seen countless
public sector IT contracts fail,
such as the delivery of tax credits, and the level of services provided by departments reduced in the face of massive job
cuts,» said general secretary Mark Serwotka.
The greatest falls were seen in
public non-housing
such as education and health and with the
public sector spending
cuts already taking effect this will only exacerbate the situation.
In this climate of austerity and the need for
public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other
such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.
No - one really wanted to set out where the
cuts will hit, and we had diversionary tactics
such as talking about
public sector pensions for the few very well paid
public sector staff that won't make any real contribution to reducing the deficit.
Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are satisfied that he has already shifted the terms of debate leftwards on issues
such as the 1 per cent
public -
sector pay cap — which all of the candidates oppose — and the child tax credit
cuts.
President - elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo further pledged to reduce the tax burden on the private
sector through lower corporate tax and the removal of import duties and VAT from some items while relying on revenue measures
such as improving tax compliance, improving the quality of
public finance administration and higher oil and gas production to finance these tax
cuts.
A drawback for Cameron would be that he would have to tread carefully on issues
such as welfare and
public sector cuts, which are key to Tory plans for
cutting the deficit.
The ability to avoid too much unpalatable
cutting was the consequence of finding # 7bn extra
cuts / effective tax rises from the Welfare budget and from Child Benefit, along with rises in
public sector employee pension contributions, though it was disappointing (but not surprising) that misdirected programmes
such as winter fuel payments survive intact.
Public sector union Unison chief Dave Prentis hit back at any possible plan to make
such cuts, calling it a «giant leap backwards».