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People call for public sector cuts over tax rises

14 June 2010
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People call for public sector cuts over tax risesBritons would prefer to see cutbacks and greater efficiencies delivered in public services rather than see their tax bills increase.

This is the finding of a new poll, which indicated that the most popular strategies to cut the country''s debt include reducing wage bills for top earning civil servants and reducing staffing numbers, in addition to freezing pay and recruitment in the sector.

Conducted by BPIX for the Mail on Sunday, the survey also discovered the optimum reduction in public expenditure cited was £130 billion, over double the proposed drop.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government is planning to reduce annual spending by £60 billion in an exercise that could benefit from the skills of operations management specialists.

It is a response to the UK''s high budget deficit in the wake of the financial markets crisis and will take the form of a series of cuts to the public sector.

Last month, the Confederation of British Industry made a series of recommendations to the new government including advice regarding an overhaul of public services such as freezing pay for two years and using private and third sector organisations for delivery. ADNFCR-3058-ID-19835283-ADNFCR
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