From: AlanG 
Newsgroups: uk.politics.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: Gordon Browns pledge on public sector job cuts was more bullshit
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:20:01 GMT

On 18 Sep 2005 03:25:44 -0700, "Crowley" 
wrote:

>What else can we expect from the worst Chancellor we have had for years
>?
>
>Whitehall sees off pressure for redundancies
>By Robert Watts (Filed: 18/09/2005) Telegraph
>
>
>There has not been a single voluntary or compulsory redundancy of a
>full-time employee in seven of the Government's most important
>departments during the 14 months since the Chancellor pledged to slash
>Whitehall costs. However, there has been an explosion of expenditure on
>management consultants, hired to find cost savings.

There hasn't been a single police officer made redundant in the last
40 years