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Civil service efficiency drive branded a 'sham'
Evening Standard - London
; THE TREASURY'S much-vaunted Whitehall efficiency drive was dubbed a "sham" by the Tories today after it emerged that the number of civil service jobs axed by the Government was less than half that claimed by ministers. New public sector employment figures, released by the Office of National
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Deranged attacks. And why this week has actually been rather good for Gordon Brown; Hands on: Gordon Brown greeting George Bush in Washington this week.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: PETER OBORNE THERE HAS been something slightly deranged and also distasteful aboutthe nature of the incessant personal attacks aimed at the Prime Minister thisweek. Much of the talk ahead of Gordon Brown's trip to Washington falselysuggested that he was finished. Credulous reporters, who
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Brown breaks vow to cut civil service.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: JAMES CHAPMAN GORDON Brown was accused yesterday of failing to tackle Britain's bloated bureaucracy after it emerged that not a single job has been cut from Whitehall in the last year. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of employees in the civil
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MUM'S A A GORD BOTHERER; ON DEMO AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE JOB CUTSN DEMO AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE JOB CUTS CHANCELLOR IS SHOUTED DOWN BY WOMAN.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Byline: By Dave King AN ANGRY mother carrying her baby son in her arms confronted Gordon Brown yesterday over his plans to slash the civil service. The Chancellor stood open-mouthed as the woman marched towards him down the centre aisle of a hall where he was about to start a speech. She shouted:
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Gordon Brown: A hero or a zero?
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; GORDON BROWN backed off from a General Election because it looked asthough the Conservatives were on the rebound. For those who want to remove thisGovernment, that was a welcome decisiona snap election really could have gone either way. The longer Mr Brown waits, the more obvious it will become
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Outrage as 40,000 civil service jobs face axe
Yorkshire Post
; Rob Waugh and Brendan Carlin, Political Editor MORE than 40,000 jobs are to be axed from the civil service in a programme of swingeing cuts. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which has large satellite offices in Sheffield and Leeds, is to shed a total of 30,000 staff, while a further
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Deranged attacks. And why this week has actually been rather good for Gordon Brown ; ON POLITICS AND POWER
Daily Mail
; THERE HAS been something slightly deranged and also distasteful about the nature of the incessant personal attacks aimed at the Prime Minister this week. Much of the talk ahead of Gordon Brown's trip to Washington falsely suggested that he was finished. Credulous reporters, who ought to have known
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OUTRAGE OVER PEER'S 'STALIN' BROWN SLUR; Former civil service chief is rapped by Goverment.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Byline: By James Lyons GORDON Brown has been compared to Stalin in a savage attack by the ex-head of the civil service. Lord Turnbull's slur on the Chancellor caused fury in Westminster on the eve of what is expected to be his last budget. The peer, who served Brown at the Treasury, claimed he
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The Budget and you - Unions' fury at 40,000 jobs cut in civil service.(Business)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Nigel Morris Home Affairs Correspondent UNION LEADERS reacted furiously last night after Gordon Brown announced more than 40,000 civil service jobs are to be cut over the next four years. Spelling out a major shake-up of the Whitehall machine, the Chancellor also confirmed that a further
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80, 000 JOB CUTS AT CIVIL SERVICE.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
; Byline: IAN HERNON GORDON Brown was today due to axe up to 80, 000 civil service jobs in his spending review. The Chancellor's spending plans for 20058 set the scene for the general election, expected in 10 months. But the review is expected to be the tightest since Labour came to power, with Mr
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