tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post3181470586194541374..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: Why it's going to be painfulTheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-41453830019860458062010-06-08T13:28:38.775+01:002010-06-08T13:28:38.775+01:00The fact that there are deep and painful spending ...The fact that there are deep and painful spending cuts on the way shouldn't be a surprise to anyone - but what annoys me is central governments approach to it; i.e. their tendency to micromanage the cuts down to the smallest detail.<br /><br />What they should do is ringfence key services - e.g. weekly bin collection, care for the elderly and sick, etc. etc. - and then just tell the various quangos and departments that they must cut their budgets by x% (I'd recommend 20% this year with a further 5% reduction year on year for 10 years). How those departments manage those cuts - while providing the key, essential services - is up to them, but they must do it. What we don't want is the Treasury spending days and weeks trying to trim £60 million quid here and £150 million there - just tell all those departments how much to cut and what they have to retain and leave them to get on with it. Isn't that why we have these different levels of government for anyway?Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.com