Hunt sets out plan to shrink civil service
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to cut the size of the civil service, saying the move could save £1 billion a year.
He suggested that improving public-sector productivity could allow him to reduce the tax burden. Mr Hunt said: “If we increase public-sector productivity growth by just half a per cent, we can stabilise public spending as a proportion of GDP.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
He suggested that improving public-sector productivity could allow him to reduce the tax burden. Mr Hunt said: “If we increase public-sector productivity growth by just half a per cent, we can stabilise public spending as a proportion of GDP.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 We have the best civil servants in the world,
00:04 and they saved many lives in the pandemic
00:06 by working night and day.
00:09 But even after that pandemic's over,
00:12 we still have 66,000 more civil servants than before.
00:17 New policies should not always mean new people.
00:21 So today I'm freezing the expansion of the civil service
00:25 and putting in place a plan to reduce its numbers
00:28 to pre-pandemic levels.
00:30 This will save one billion pounds next year.
00:33 (audience applauding)
00:36 (audience applauding)
00:39 (applause)