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[Twister_Ken]

Just heard the budget speech, 40,000 inland revenue jobs to go.

There ia a God!

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[bedouin]

Duty on Red Diesel up by >50% too.

That will add almost £1 to my annual boating costs.

Even though he may have announced getting rid of 40000 inland revenue jobs I'm sure you'll find that even after that reduction there will be more people in that department than when the government came to power in 1997.



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[Aeolus_IV]

....probably to be replaced by a computer system which will take 5 years longer than planned to implement, cost 10 times the original budgettary estimate upon which the Chancellor based his assumptions. Or am I just being synical?

Jeff.

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[Twister_Ken]

>I'm sure you'll find that even after that reduction there will be more people in that department than when the government came to power in 1997.<

Don't spoil it, Bedders.

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[Twister_Ken]

>Or am I just being synical?<

So, you too work/have worked in IT!

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[bedouin]

I actually found the redundancies in the Department for Work and Pensions more amusing (i.e. the people who run the Job Centres)

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[Aeolus_IV]

Was it that obvious? Yes, still working, still in that sector, still looking for alternatives...

Jeff.

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[chrisc]

Oh ! thats nasty

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[chrisc]

Oh ! thats nasty

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[robp]

But hoooww much is he going to save? We should be so lucky - lucky - lucky - lucky!

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[zefender]

Is that what they call a double whammy?

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[Aardee]

They'll still find a way of making it look like the number of jobless is going down.

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[tome]

Well, they're not going to need a lot of people to cope with the new tiny pensions are they?

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[Gordonmc]

Sorry to provide the cloud for your silver lining...
He also said he would amalgamate the Inland Revenue with Customs and Excise. Call me a cynic... but will this new super-department keep the Customs' Crown Powers?
Customs have wide ranging powers of Rummage...entry and seizure... far more than any other Government department including the police.
Of course, I could be wrong and the new department will be relinquishing its special power over us.

Yeh right!

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[Magic_Sailor]

Not if you\'re a..

civil servant there isn't.

Clip clop - up on my hobby horse.

Why should all these jobs move out of the South East?...."To the benefit of the regions" as he said. Not to the benefit of the SE though, or those poor sods who are already pissed off with facing the chop for years on end.

Once again, as I've said before - if you come from the South or South East - you're a non-person - not to be included in the collective "we" which refers to all other parts - although mostly the North.

Strange that this should be so..considering where most of the bloody government come from.

Magic

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[Twister_Ken]

Where most of the government comes from

Chancellor of the Exchequer The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP (Dunfermline East)
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Douglas Alexander MP (Paisley)
Minister of State (Armed Forces) The Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP (East Kilbride)
Minister of State (Europe) Dr Denis MacShane MP (born Glasgow)
Minister of State (Minister for Work) Desmond Browne MP (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Minister without Portfolio & Chair of Labour Party The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP (Makerfield)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) Yvette Cooper MP (born Inverness)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise) Nigel Griffiths MP (Edinburgh South)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Scotland) Anne McGuire MP (Stirling)
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP (born and educated Edinburgh)
Secretary of State for Health The Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP (Hamilton North and Bellshill)
Secretary of State for Transport The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP (Edinburgh Central)


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[Magic_Sailor]

Re: Where most of the government comes from

Hi Ken

Interesting post. Is this an extensive list - or are there more?

As you know though, my concern is for the ordinary people involved. My mate works over at Titchfield. To say he's been beowned off for the last umpteen years is an understatement - constant threat of cuts, redundancy, moving to unconscienable places, constant pointless name changes and initiatives.

Magic

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[Twister_Ken]

Re: Where most of the government comes from

Jeff,

That's it* as far as Govt appts from the Commons go. I didn't check the Lords.

* There's also Advocate General for Scotland Dr Lynda Clark QC MP (Edinburgh Pentlands), but as that a Scottish appt, I didn't include it.

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[jimi]

Re: Not if you\'re a..

Personally I think these jobs should move out the SE for the benefit of the SE. The area is well overpopulated with infrastructure bursting at the seams. Try and buy a house .. unless you've a joint salary in excess of 6 figures its a major financial risk impinginging on the quallity of life in all other areas. My heart goes out to young couples embarking on life together. Personally I've always thought Govt should be situated in Birmingham or Manchester and thus not perceived to be remote. If that had been the case I doubt if the SNP would ever have gained much ground or the current scottish parliament would exist.

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[Twister_Ken]

I agree entirely

Move UK govt to Great Sodding in the Wold. Then London can declare itself a city state (like Monaco) and get rid of 47m parasites.

PS. Ray Davies for president, Waterloo Sunset as national anthem.

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