Freeze state pensions and slash 'non-frontline' NHS and schools staff, said No 10's economic adviser

Freeze state pensions and slash 'non-frontline' NHS and schools staff, said No 10's economic adviser Liz Truss’s top economic adviser suggested freezing the state pension, halving the government’s publicity budget and slashing “non-frontline” staff in health and schools by 10%, as part of a manifesto designed to win an election while also cutting spending. The Guardian

See also:

• GP demand outstripping supply as NHS faces £7bn budget gap GPonline
• Public sector job losses could pass 100000 if government refuses pay rises, says IFS The Guardian
• Cabinet Office clamps down on trust spending freedom Health Service Journal
• Schools and hospitals ‘must find £11bn of cuts’ after Kwarteng spending freeze The Independent
• NHS faces cuts to cancer, mental health and GP services due to £21bn financial black hole iNews