Barney, I think you'll find that the Liberals have become Conservatives,we all know who's wearing the trousers in that relationship. Also I don't know if the Union's will support the increment freeze, they've already accepted the pay freeze on similar grounds with the last government.
Also it seems that any redundancies will be more political than financial. The Tories have already said that the public sector is bloated and want people to move to the private sector. (although The Times points out that, that many jobs don't exist) Although in The Times it seems to suggest that if any cuts the most will be up north with 55% of one town employed in the public sector. Although this will be a big U turn on the no front-line redundancies in the NHS pledge.
