But I'm much more concerned with what will happen to local authority budgets. The problem is that there is little ringfencing, so it will be tempting for councils to share the pain between the frontline and support functions. Using a mid-range estimate, suppose that councils will have cuts of 20 per cent over four years - what will this mean?
Can cuts of this scale be delivered by improved efficiency, for example by outsourcing? Outsourcing can result in some efficiencies by the private sector doing things more cheaply. But unless technological solutions can be found - and these are easier to promise than deliver - the solution is to pay staff less.
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