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725,000 public sector jobs face axe, economist warns
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More than 725,000 public sector jobs are expected to be lost in the next four years under the coalition’s plans to cut the deficit, a senior economist will warn today.
John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, says that the Government’s determination to use mainly spending cuts rather than tax rises to cut the deficit will halt any recovery in the jobs market.
Dr Philpott will predict that the measures outlined so far will push unemployment up to nearly 3 million by 2012 where it is likely to stay till the end of the Parliament.
The bulk of the jobs will go in the public sector with 350,000 town hall posts set to be axed. But given the scale of the cutbacks to be proposed, hundreds of thousands of job losses are also likely among NHS managers and teaching support staff.
TimesOnline
John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, says that the Government’s determination to use mainly spending cuts rather than tax rises to cut the deficit will halt any recovery in the jobs market.
Dr Philpott will predict that the measures outlined so far will push unemployment up to nearly 3 million by 2012 where it is likely to stay till the end of the Parliament.
The bulk of the jobs will go in the public sector with 350,000 town hall posts set to be axed. But given the scale of the cutbacks to be proposed, hundreds of thousands of job losses are also likely among NHS managers and teaching support staff.
TimesOnline
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Err, except that many compulsory redundancies isn't affordable.
Loads of old skool civil servants over 50s will be pushed out on compulsory early retirement and replaced by peeps on fixed term0 -
About time too.
Many public services have, for the past few years, been recruiting like there's no tomorrow - a political gambit taken at a time when it's was known that economic growth has gone into reverse and that the cost was/is unaffordable.0 -
I feel any reasonable minded person is well aware of the need for cuts, reductions in the public sector, the removal of waste from the system(s), and improvements in efficiencies.
So, can anyone tell me why there is such a blood lust amongst the private sector workers on here against the public sector?
Is it a relief that the private sector seems to be moving away from job cuts? Is it to divert attention away from the private sector, the grants & tax breaks it gets, the income it takes out of the system & profits from at taxpayers expense from PFI or subcontracting work from public bodies?
NB - trying to get some facts here, genuinly want to know why the hatred & bloodlust. Please, I know most of your feelings on pensions, so am not looking for a load of posts saying "YOU GET £1000 A WEEK PENSIONS PAID FOR BY MY TAXES!!!!" as these threads normally descend into.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
The anger comes from the fact that we are being forced to pay for these jobs whether we believe there is any value to them or not. I can chose which private companies I wish to use.0
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its a reasonable start. they need to get rid of another 1m after this.
they also need to do away with the private sector whose "only" client is the Govt. that is not the private sector.
As i always say, a friend of mine is being paid 500 a day by the MoJ to mess around with computers. they would never actually pay a staff member this much. He needs to be told - you work for us on a reasonable salary, or you are terminated. no questions asked.
what about all these PR firms and Crisis Managers and Advisors employed by New Liebour? Cancel all contracts. If necessary, they need to make new law that allows a new govt to cancel any of the old Govt's contracts - or at least those made in the last 12 months.
Public sector blood sucking filth.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »So, can anyone tell me why there is such a blood lust amongst the private sector workers on here against the public sector?
because the public sector is filled with loads of morons who add NOTHING but cost. If this happens in the private sector (which it does) we can choose not to deal with that company. we cannot avoid it in the public sector.
why should I pay for glossy magazines printed by councils, translators, flexi time, stupid schemes, meeting and hateful public workers who feel they are owed a living and almost look down their noses at private sector wealth generators.
people work in the public sector because (a) they are not good enough to be in the private sector or (b) because the have left wing tendancies.
These council clowns on 250k a year don't know what pressure is. there decisions don't make or break anything. if they lose money they just beg for more or take more.
public sector workers have NO RESPECT for the private sector who generate the money to pay their massively inflated salaries and pensions.
Most are scum.0 -
The_White_Horse wrote: »its a reasonable start. they need to get rid of another 1m after this.
they also need to do away with the private sector whose "only" client is the Govt. that is not the private sector.
As i always say, a friend of mine is being paid 500 a day by the MoJ to mess around with computers. they would never actually pay a staff member this much. He needs to be told - you work for us on a reasonable salary, or you are terminated. no questions asked.
what about all these PR firms and Crisis Managers and Advisors employed by New Liebour? Cancel all contracts. If necessary, they need to make new law that allows a new govt to cancel any of the old Govt's contracts - or at least those made in the last 12 months.
Public sector blood sucking filth.
A very measured post from you WH.
Cannot argue with any of it, exept maybe the last line.
Have you been on the Prozac?0 -
The_White_Horse wrote: »lemonjelly wrote: »So, can anyone tell me why there is such a blood lust amongst the private sector workers on here against the public sector?
because the public sector is filled with loads of morons who add NOTHING but cost. If this happens in the private sector (which it does) we can choose not to deal with that company. we cannot avoid it in the public sector.
why should I pay for glossy magazines printed by councils, translators, flexi time, stupid schemes, meeting and hateful public workers who feel they are owed a living and almost look down their noses at private sector wealth generators.
people work in the public sector because (a) they are not good enough to be in the private sector or (b) because the have left wing tendancies.
These council clowns on 250k a year don't know what pressure is. there decisions don't make or break anything. if they lose money they just beg for more or take more.
public sector workers have NO RESPECT for the private sector who generate the money to pay their massively inflated salaries and pensions.
Most are scum.
Another balanced viewpoint from the white horse there I see :rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Sigh. My request for reasonableness lasted...1post:(It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0
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i apologise for the lack of style in my writing - i am very busy, but felt the need to let it out anyway.
public sector money grabbing profligate dirt!!
lets have a paper clip advisor on 54k a year to advise paper clips of their rights. stupid public sector morons.0
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