A couple of leaked letters.
The first from Cameron, as an MP, to Oxfordshire Council raising concerns about the huge cuts in public services given here has only been a slight reduction in the Council budget and that it could be made up by "savings" and property sales.
The second is the reply from the head of the Council explaining that a 37% cut isn't slight, and that there is no more "back office" to make savings from and all the spare property has been sold, and that Cameron's recommendation in that regard is neither sustainable or legal.
Cameron comes out of as appearing to not understand the link between the decisions of his government and their consequences.
It's good to see some of his Ministers beginning to resist (IDS!), but it does feel as if the guts are being ripped out of the country, and that unless you have pre-existing or inherited wealth then you largely stuffed. And if you do: remember that these services that are being cut are crucial to the stability of society...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/11/david-cameron-letter-cuts-oxfordshire
Great Britain is well on the way toward the American model.
ReplyDeleteAs an American all I can say is, you have my condolences.
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