Thursday, October 14, 2010

What are the British Cutting?

The Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition in England has proposed some pretty massive cuts in terms of what government will and will not be funding.

In theory, I find this appropriate, particularly given the state of the economy. Moreover, I like the philosophy behind it. Specifically, they're not only looking at projects and programs and asking whether or not the public is getting value for their money. They're also looking at projects and programs and asking why exactly they need to be publicly rather than privately funded.

"There are of course organisations that will remain, although it is unlikely that any will be completely unchanged. This is because we recognise that some of these bodies do hugely important and essential work that has to be done at arm's length from government, especially when political impartiality, independence or technical expertise is required.

"But those that remain will not be allowed to go back to the old way of working. As part of the reforms, we will also be introducing new transparency requirements, a new governance framework and a new review process to ensure that there is a robust and regular challenge of the continuing need for all the public bodies that remain."

What's rather sad about all this is that even with these cuts, the British still won't expect to see any savings for years because of pensions and redundancies. I'm going to be really curious to see how this all pans out. Labour is naturally up in arms against it and the Unions are no joke in England.

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