James Kirkup is questioning Osborne's plans to cut waste, saying that Brown has done the same in the past to no avail.
Er, not quite, James, old boy, not quite
Brown announced savings to get in ahead of the Conservatives's similar announcements and to hold off the UK's creditors. Then he quietly prevented the cuts, as Gershon has complained.
Seriously, can you imagine Brown voluntarily making cuts in the public payroll? Can you? Seriously? He's being forced by the bond markets to make them now, of course, to keep the IMF at bay, but he's doing so in secret lest his payroll vote should revolt in the run-up to the election. The difference is that Osborne and Cameron will not just announce Gershon cuts but actually implement them. And they are being honest about it. Change indeed.
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