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SECRET “back door” public-sector cuts would result in fewer doctors, nurses, police officers, teachers and military personnel, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said yesterday.
Tory Chancellor George Osborne’s changes to funding of public-sector pensions set out in his Budget on
Wednesday are a “vicious attack” on essential front-line services, said Mr Farron.
The change should lop £2 billion off Treasury spending but threadbare departments will have to find the cash.
The Lib Dems said changes would result in a £649 million pension bill for the health service, £426m for schools, £314m for the armed forces, £101 million for the police and £10m for fire services.
