Shadow Chancellor has accused
the Tories of planning billions of pounds of post-election cuts
to public services
McDonnell stepped up his attack on and
, following revelations
about Tory plans to usher in more brutal cuts.
MP said:
“Johnson and Javid have been caught red handed forcing
through tens of billions of pounds of cuts to public services.
Caught lying again, it confirms yet again you can't believe a
word that comes out of Johnson's mouth.”
Ends
Notes to editors
· Yesterday
a letter jointly signed by the prime minister and chancellor
ordered all cabinet
ministers to identify cuts of at least 5 per cent to their
Whitehall department budgets: https://www.ft.com/content/2d13dcb0-42c2-11ea-a43a-c4b328d9061c
· The
Chancellor’s letter has not yet been made public but, using OBR
figures (https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf,
see p. 91), if the cuts are to 2020-2021 RDEL budgets, a 5 per
cent cut would mean a £16 billion cut to departmental budgets
(2020-21 public sector current expenditure in RDEL being forecast
at £324.6 billion). If the cuts are to total public sector
current expenditure (forecast to be £772.1 billion in 2020-21), a
5 per cent cut could mean a £39 billion cut to departmental
budgets.
· The
Independent has suggested the requested cut may amount to a £15
billion cut in departmental spending:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-cuts-boris-john-sajid-javid-government-a9308726.html
