Comments on: Labour and Plaid Cymru poised to make cuts http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2009/04/labour-and-plaid-cymru-poised-to-make-cuts.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank H Little http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2009/04/labour-and-plaid-cymru-poised-to-make-cuts.html/comment-page-1#comment-82 Frank H Little Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/labour-and-plaid-cymru-poised-to-make-cuts-196.html#comment-82 If this padding with non-jobs is true, then it does no good for central government, local government or, in the long run, for civil servants.<br /><br />An extra layer of bureaucracy inhibits good decision-making and slows down communications. More money spent on central administration reduces support for local authorities.<br /><br />And when politicians make cuts in public services, if they are not prepared to cut civil service posts, then real-term cuts in pay are the only outcome. These hurt civil servants across the board, and most of all those in the entry grades. If this padding with non-jobs is true, then it does no good for central government, local government or, in the long run, for civil servants.

An extra layer of bureaucracy inhibits good decision-making and slows down communications. More money spent on central administration reduces support for local authorities.

And when politicians make cuts in public services, if they are not prepared to cut civil service posts, then real-term cuts in pay are the only outcome. These hurt civil servants across the board, and most of all those in the entry grades.

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