Vince Cable: Government efficiency savings mean a £3bn cut in health and education
24 Apr 2009
Responding further to the Chancellor's budget yesterday, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said:"The Government has been desperate to claim it can make significant efficiency savings but without saying where."
"It is now clear that the axe will fall on £3bn of health and education spending.
"The Government must now be honest about what it is actually cutting; it will certainly not save £3bn by cutting back on paperclips.
"It is time for an honest and open debate about what Government should and shouldn't do.
"Until ministers come clean about where the axe will fall we must assume this is nothing more than a return to Tory-esque government where public services are stretched to breaking point as the money is squeezed out of them."