Gordonomics in action: Public sector waste.

From Subrosa:
Decreasing public sector productivity is costing taxpayers £58.4bn a year according to a think tank.

The Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) made the claim after analysing Office for National Statistics figures.

The CEBR said public sector productivity had declined by 3.4% between 1997 and 2007 whereas, over the same period, productivity in the market sector rose by 27.9%.

CEBR chief executive Douglas McWilliams said :

'if the productivity calculation was applied to central government final consumption expenditure and further education applying to under 19s, it equated to £58bn per year.

“This cost simply relates to the falling behind in public sector productivity since 1997…

“Hard pressed taxpayers will not take kindly to finding out that not too far short of half the income tax that they pay is simply to cover the cost of the increased inefficiency of the public sector that has occurred since 1997.”

Mr McWilliams said the figures suggested it would be possible to make substantial cuts in public spending without too great an impact on the levels of services.

Source: LGC

So whilst councils claw in ever more money, take on ever more staff the end result is a poorer service that costs us all ever more money.

The myth about public sector cuts is just that, a myth, services can be improved and excess staff can be pruned away; just like in private sector companies. Done properly the result will be lower council taxes and better services.

We need to start copying the American tea parties, as we are all Taxed Enough Already!

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