Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "'Horrific' consequences in implementing what this govt wants: Ex-civil servant | LBC" video.

When the Tories came into power from 2010 they quickly reduced the civil service by over 500,000. Then they found that they did not have enough people to handle Brexit and Covid and they hired consultants and agency staff at much more expensive rates and with much less knowledge and expertise. There are people who always say reducing the civil service is some kind of benefit and that taxes are never low enough no matter how low they ever are. It's a kneejerk reaction for some political ideologists.
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@ednorton47 Is that because our GDP shrank or perhaps because the Tories have created more poverty and need or because of spending on the war in Ukraine? What's the reason? The population is ageing so more is spent on pensions. The Attlee government was spending after WW2 when Britain was essentially broke. We certainly spent a lot on Covid but much of that went on fraudulent and overpriced contracts. The Tories also love to hire expensive consultants and that expenditure has gone up. The Tory Health and Social Care Act 2012 created a lot of new Quangos.
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