The British Labor Government is embarking on (too) in the hunt for economies. This Sunday, March 23, the Minister of Finance, Rachel Reeves, announced that the executive was going to reduce the operating costs of the public service by 15 % within four years, and hopes to remove 10,000 positions of civil servants.
Rachel Reeves is due to present his “spring declaration” on Wednesday, which serves as an economic and budgetary update. While seeking to clean up public finances in a gloomy economic context, the minister should announce new cuts – after savings already unpopular on retirees, patients and people with disabilities.
“We are committed, by the end of this legislature Editor’s note: 2029), to reduce government operating costs by 15 %,” said the Minister on the BBC. According to the information chain, these cuts would save 2.2 billion pounds sterling per year (2.6 billion euros).
Unpopular measures
The United Kingdom has around 500,000 officials and said it was “confident” because “10,000 of its posts could be reduced”. “We are going to reduce administrative functions and bureaucracy. I prefer that people work on the front line in our schools and hospitals, in our police, rather than in administrative jobs,” said Rachel Reeves on Sky News.
In mid -March, the government had already announced the abolition of the NHS England organization, which manages the services of the health system in England – which will cause thousands of jobs. The money saved should be reinvested in patient services. Last week, the government also announced a cup of 5 billion pounds in people with disabilities or affected by a long -term illness. In the fall, already, he had deleted heating aid for retirees, a very unpopular measure.
The government of Keir Starmer, who came to power in July, faces a gloomy economic situation. The latest data reports growth in 0.1 % and inflation at 3 % in January. The Prime Minister, however, announced his intention to carry the defense budget, from 2.3 % currently to 2.5 % of GDP in 2027, and up to 3 % in 2029, to the detriment of the budget dedicated to international development aid.