British PM David Cameron seeks to push one million workers out of the public sector

[marmar]

from the Independent UK:



One million state workers are to be transferred out of hospitals, colleges and job centres as part of David Cameron's "aggressive aspiration" to create John Lewis-mutual style public services.

With little fanfare, services across the country are being quietly taken over by their own staff – state funded but run independently. The Prime Minister claims the number of services that adopt the scheme will be a key test of his Big Society vision.

Mr Cameron told MPs: "Why are we doing all this? In the end, it is to try to make sure that we have better schools, that we have hospitals treating patients better, that we have better-run care homes. This is all just the mechanics under the car bonnet to make the car work better. But to me, mutuals are one way to get that."

At least 45,000 health workers have already left the public sector under the programme, including 10,000 nurses. A new right to request, where staff or a voluntary organisation can ask to run a service, has been created. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-seeks-to-push-one-million-workers-out-of-the-public-sector-6261605.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Why is this a-hole still in office, given that he is implicated in the News of the World crimes? nt

[dipsydoodle]

2. The background to this

is the future - he's reducing exposure to public sector pensions. That's not a comment of approval - just a fact of life.

The figure of 1,000,000 approximates to the number of public sector workers added by the Labour government between 1997 and when they lost power. Adding that number helped reduce unemployment but wasn't necessarily sustainable.

Its the same issue which has helped fuck Greece.

[Ginas]

3. Desperation...

= Keyword!

[Stuart G]

4. k & r thanks for posting...nt