So, the Tories, Lib-Dems and - more mutedly - the incumbent government are now aware that cost savings need to be be made and first in the cross-hairs is the Civil Service.
Well lambasted by popular media for being a drain on national resources and for diverting funds away from other "more needed" (verification needed) areas.
And the braver of the parties are announcing exactly how many civil service roles will disappear with privatisation of sections being top of the Tories' wish list.
This may help with reducing the GDP deficit in the short to medium term in that either less will be spent on various departments or funds stay the same simply moving to another area.
But, and this is a BIG but, what happens with the workers "displaced." For displaced see "made redundant", put out of work. Unemployed.
Anyone got an answer for that, or will the funds simply transfer to the DWP?
Big gestures are all good and well. But following up these announcements with an actual plan that can be examined may be a little more appropriate when you are threatening people's careers for a few votes, no?
