yea thats what i thought originally. wanted to post this yesterday, but ran out of time. can you believe that figure? The headline from the times reads 225 000 public workers to be axed, and to be honest i still can't believe that. Its said that these cuts will go on till 2014, at least its gradual right? till you look at the figures its a shock.
For instance, Universities are planning to cut are planning to cut more than 6,000 jobs in
anticipation of a fall in public funding.
The police force has already been warned of cuts, and that some counties need to save as much as £14m pounds, and so 180 jobs are lost.
In the South East Coast NHS, this covers Surrey, Kent and Sussex,
between
£1.2 billion and £1.6 billion has to be saved by 2014.
A draft circulated
to
board members has said that 10% of staff, equivalent to 10,000 people, must go.
This is shocking. Like i said, its a good thing its gradual, and what scares me most is that these cuts have been planned quietly.
How many other companies do that? how many more jobs will be lost if this carries on as is? What do you think?
Is it fair to lose that many jobs?
Do you think its fair that so many people are losing their jobs? Or do you think that there could be other ways to save the money instead of making cutbacks.