Britain's 'whole way of life' will be disrupted for years by spending cuts

[marmar]

from the Guardian UK:




David Cameron: cuts 'will change British life'
Canadian-style star chamber to enforce savage spending decisions

Nicholas Watt and Terry Macalister
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 6 June 2010 22.05 BST


David Cameron will warn tomorrow that Britain's "whole way of life" will be disrupted for years by the most drastic public spending cuts in a generation. The cuts, he will say, will have an impact on Britain's entire population.

In his most gloomy remarks since taking office, the prime minister will declare that Britain's public finances are worse than expected and are forcing him to take "momentous decisions".

Cameron will say: "How we deal with these things will affect our economy, our society – indeed our whole way of life. The decisions we make will effect every single person in our country. And the effects of those decisions will stay with us for years, perhaps decades to come."

On Tuesday George Osborne, the chancellor, will set out the first steps towards what Nick Clegg described last year as "savage" spending cuts when he outlines a framework for an autumn spending review that will introduce department-by-department cost savings.

The most radical plan will involve importing a Canadian-style "star chamber" in which members of the cabinet will be forced to justify their budgets in front of a group of ministerial and civil service heavyweights. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/06/david-cameron-spending-cuts

[lib2DaBone]

1. ..it's never the Military or the Banksters that suffer

And the politicians always get their cut of the action.

[Submariner]

2. My employer has made many millions from the UK government

as we get London ready for the 2012 Olympics. It will be interesting to see if the Olympics have the same economic effects as the Greece Olympics.

[WinkyDink]

3. "Entire population"? Hardly. The Royals, the nobility, the lawyers, the financial people? UNSCATHED