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DSS cuts planned (1996)
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Ministers are planning a 25% cut in social security running costs. It’s thought that thousands of staff in DSS offices could be replaced with more advanced computers and contracting-out of services. Anna...
DSS cuts planned (1996)
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Right-wingers in the Conservative Party have long pressed for radical reform of the social security system to cut public spending. It’s a view supported by Professor David Marsland of the Adam Smith...
DSS cuts planned (1996)
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Right-wingers in the Conservative Party have long pressed for radical reform of the social security system to cut public spending. Junior minister John Mackay, Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish says the proposed...
DSS cuts planned (1996)
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The Prime Minister John Major defended DSS office and staff cutback plans at Question Time today, claiming that the cuts would help those on benefits - but this is a claim dismissed by civil servants’...